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Rallies and marches back the NHS bursary in London, Manchester and Newcastle

The NHS Blood and Transplant service needs new donors – particularly if they are young, Black or of South Asia origin

UNISON refutes the claim that officials had sought a meeting to discuss the NHS pay award. On the contrary, UNISON had repeatedly requested meetings with officials from the […]

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 […]

Member Steve Evans recognised for Don’t Walk Away campaign to prevent alcohol-related deaths among young people

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 […]

I started working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in May 2015 and am due to finish in May 2016. I had been working in retail, but I was working unsocial hours and I really wanted to find an office job. I saw this position advertised on the NHS jobs page and thought it looked really […]

"This is achievable. We can do it." UNISON is working closely with other unions and the TUC on the campaign, the NEC heard, particularly on issues around industrial action and […]

It will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care; to avoid adding insult to injury, the review body should reject the […]

During the afternoon, the trainee nurses aim to hand in a letter to Jeremy Hunt urging the government to think again about replacing the bursary with […]

Across England NHS staff will be using their breaks and lunchtimes today to join their junior doctor colleagues on […]

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.

UNISON is backing strike action announced today (Thursday) by junior doctors who oppose changes to their contracts being proposed by the government. It follows a ballot of more than 37,000 junior medics represented by the British Medical Association (BMA). They have voted unanimously in favour of three days of action in England next month. UNISON […]

‘We need a package that works for everyone,’ general secretary tells staff

The government wants to make it legal for agency workers to cover my role if I was to ever go on strike. The main reason I do not think this is a good idea […]