A Festival in Celebration of the NHS 72 Birthday
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Public want health pay rise straight away
We’re aware of concerns amongst student nurses in England about funding being withdrawn for your paid placements. We have been reassured that funding will remain available to allow those who have taken up paid placements to continue until these placements are completed. Those in your final year will be supported at the end of your […]
On 5th July it is the NHS 72nd birthday and UNISON want to take the time to celebrate all of you who have worked so hard these past few months during such difficult times, and to remember the sacrifices made by you and your colleagues. WE NEED YOU! Submit photos of you at work – […]
Three of the world’s largest nursing unions came together on Tuesday 12 May 2020 at UNISON East Midlands’ invitation to acknowledge International Nurses Day and the incredible contribution made by nurses to society. Our online audience heard how trade unions across the world were tackling the current challenges. The 3 Co-Presidents of National Nurses United, America’s largest union, Jean Ross RN, Zenei Cortez RN and Deborah […]
Student nurses across Lincolnshire have been called up to help in the Covid19 response – never has the healthcare system across the country faced such a significant challenge. However, student nurses who have offered to work as part of the response to the pandemic at St Barnabas Hospice in Lincolnshire were told this would not […]
Celebrations for International Nurses’ Day tomorrow (Tuesday) will have special significance this year during the coronavirus pandemic, says UNISON East Midlands which is staging an online rally with guests from across the world. Members of the public are being encouraged to join the web event tomorrow at 6pm to show their appreciation for every nurse […]
Next week, on Tuesday 12 May which is International Nurses Day, the union will be celebrating the work that Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates do every day to help the people of the UK and we need your help. We’re incredibly proud of the vital jobs all our members do to help people. Nurses and […]
After a lifetime working full time in the NHS Lynn Booth decided a bit of ‘me time’ was well overdue so in October 2019 she decided to take advantage of the flexible retirement scheme, reducing her hours to part time. Lynn started work in the NHS in Oxfordshire in 1984 working for the Community Dental […]
Frontline health staff in Lincolnshire are facing impossible choices as they balance their own health with that of their patients after serious delays to a consignment of imported personal protective equipment (PPE). The RAF has sent planes to collect much-needed PPE which is still sitting on the tarmac at a Turkish airport but should have […]