Nurses and other healthcare workers will be paying off their student loans almost until the day they retire UNISON is warning today (Saturday), as student nurses prepare to take part in protests against government plans to axe the NHS bursaries. UNISON says that controversial government plans to axe the bursaries could leave trainees more than […]
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Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
An analysis published today (Monday) by the Health Service Journal, which found that nine in ten hospitals in England are failing to meet their own safe staffing targets for the number of nurses on wards, will come as no great surprise to staff, says UNISON. Commenting on the findings UNISON head of health Christina McAnea […]
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
UNISON warns of campaign in run up to elections
A UNISON survey shows that nine in ten (91 per cent) student nurses would not have applied for the nursing degree without access to the bursary which the government intends to scrap in 2017.
‘We need a package that works for everyone,’ general secretary tells staff
UNISON calls for minister to put the health of the people first in reorganisation