The latest research suggests that alcohol is implicated in 33,000 deaths a year in the UK. In addition one in six patients attending accident and emergency departments have drink-related injuries or problems, and this figure rises to eight in ten at peak times. Nurses, midwives and health visitors are there at the sharp end, treating these patients and in a unique position to detect the early warning signs of alcohol abuse.
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UNISON, the UK
Following news that the Royal College of Nursing is threatening to suspend their involvement in the Agenda for Change talks, Paul Marks, National Secretary for UNISON, the UK
Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, today called for tough new regulations to protect overseas nurses from exploitation in the private care sector, at the union
The launch of the Nursing Council on Alcohol and UNISON 2002 Essay Prize Competition Awards is taking place on
Tuesday 5th March.
Nursing students from across the country are converging on London today (Wednesday February 20), to lead a march organised by the National Union of Students demanding “Grants Not Fees,” and calling for an end to nursing bursaries. Over 10,000 students and supporters are expected to join the march across London, which heads off from outside the University of London Union (ULU), Malet Street at 12.00pm. The marchers will make their way to a rally at Trafalgar Square to be addressed by speakers including Ken Livingstone.
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today welcomed the withdrawal of the
disinfecting agent Cidex from hospitals, hailing the move as very good news
for nurses’ health and the NHS.
A patient who attacked a nurse at St George’s hospital, South London this
week (Tuesday 8th January) is to appear in court in Wandsworth today on
three counts of GBH.