Nurses call for alternative to 'appalling' bursary removal
Nurses have issued a further call for the government to reconsider its “appalling” decision to scrap healthcare student bursaries in England at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual congress. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
RCN chief in wide-ranging attack on government policy
Government plans to scrap bursaries in England, public health cuts, caps on pay for agency staff, and the removal of the Department of Health’s nursing policy unit all came under fire from the leader of the Royal College of Nursing at the union’s annual congress. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Student nurses: Plan to scrap bursaries criticised
Health unions have written to David Cameron urging him to halt a plan to replace bursaries for nursing and midwifery training courses in England with loans. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS student bursary cut 'reckless', unions say
Plans to scrap bursaries for student nurses and other front-line staff in England are reckless, unions and charities are warning. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Healthcare coalition writes to PM over bursary plans
A group of health unions and professional organisations have teamed up to call on the government to halt its plans to reform student nurse funding. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Health workers and charities unite to urge rethink on NHS bursaries
Health workers and charities got together today to warn the government that its plans to abolish NHS bursaries and introduce student loans for those studying to become health professionals in England risks reducing the supply of vital health workers, when they are needed more than ever.
They warn that the plans are “a short-sighted attempt to solve a long-term and complicated problem.
“Moreover,” they warn, because the plans have not been properly risk-assessed, “continuing with them as they currently stand would be nothing short of reckless”.
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis joined repre...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News health care healthcare NHS NHS bursary NHS students nursing students save the NHS bursary Source Type: news
London Assembly joins call to save student bursary
The London Assembly has today passed a motion calling for a halt to government plans to scrap bursaries for student nurses and midwives. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 8, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Not a normal day for NHS workers
On a normal Wednesday morning Emily Heron would be taking patients’ blood pressure or doing observations.
Or if she weren’t on a shift, she would be looking after her terminally ill dad, taking him to dialysis or hospital appointments.
But on Wednesday 25 May she did something very different.
Everyone knows about the appalling way the junior doctors have been treated by this government, but doctors aren’t the only ones. Emily is a health care assistant, and she’s one of a large group of people who want to become nurses, or are already working in nursing, who have a bone to pick with Jeremy Hunt.
They’re angry and...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 7, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: ellisro Tags: Article health care healthcare healthcare assistants healthcare student NHS NHS bursary NHS students student nurses Source Type: news
Nurses give thumbs down to funding plans
A poll of over 17,000 nursing staff has raised concerns that government plans to scrap bursaries and make nursing students in England pay tuition fees will lead to even greater staff shortages in the NHS. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - June 6, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Plans to scrap nurse bursaries will lead to staff shortages
RCN survey reveals widespread opposition to proposalsRelated items from OnMedicaNursing associates must not be ‘nurses on the cheap’ Student nurses to march on WestminsterThird of general practice nurses set to retire by 2020Sign up with your local trust’s in-house bank, nurses urgedNHS hospitals face shortfall of 15,000 nurses, says workforce analysis (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Majority of nurses 'would not have trained without bursary'
Two thirds of nurses would not have studied to join the profession if they had been unable to receive a bursary for their tuition fees and living costs and had to take out a full loan instead, a survey has suggested. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 4, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Students to rally again over scrapping of bursary
Students nurses are to march through London this weekend in a further attempt to convince the government to drop its plans for removing bursaries. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 2, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Students and nurses appeal to MPs over bursary loss
Students, nurses and healthcare workers gathered at Westminster earlier this week to appeal to their MPs over plans to the scrap student bursaries in England from next year, urging them to force the government to drop its plans. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
UNISON members urge MPs to save the NHS bursary
Student nurses descended on Parliament today to tell MPs not to scrap the NHS bursary.
Around 80 student nurses, midwives, health care assistants and others attended the mass lobby organised by UNISON and other organisations.
The government plans to scrap the NHS bursary, which was originally set up to acknowledge the fact that nurses work for the NHS – for free – for half the time they’re studying. Today UNISON members told their MPs that it’s wrong to saddle nurses with what would amount to indvidual debt of £51,600.
The NHS bursary is a lifeline for nursing, midwifery and other health students. Nursing is consi...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 25, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: ellisro Tags: News NHS bursary NHS staff save the NHS bursary Source Type: news
If the NHS bursary goes, it will put the future of our health service at risk
Today the Save NHS Bursary lobby is taking place in Westminster, calling on the government to reverse its plan to axe support for student nurses, midwives and others training to become health professionals.
As the UK’s largest health union, UNISON has been at the forefront of this campaign from the outset, working alongside other campaigns to stand up for the nursing profession against this most foolish and self-defeating of cuts.
At a time when our NHS faces a nursing shortage (due in part to mismanagement and attacks on the profession), the government should be pulling out all of the stops to attract more people into c...
Source: UNISON Health care news - May 25, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Dave Prentis Tags: General secretary's blog News NHS bursary save the NHS bursary Source Type: news
