Government must abolish tuition fees for all health trainees, says UNISON
Commenting today (Monday) on the Conservative Party’s general election pledges on nurse recruitment, a nursing student grant and hospital parking, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“The Tories’ disastrous decision to axe the NHS bursary has made it impossible for many potential nurses to train. Applications have fallen off a cliff, recruitment has been undermined, and safety on wards threatened since its abolition.
“The bare minimum any government should do is improve financial support for nurses. Every healthcare student should be offered grants, and tuition fees scrapped.
“Conservative plans to recruit 50...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 25, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release bursary hospital parking tuition fees Source Type: news
Tories are offering nothing new
Commenting on the launch of the Conservative Party general election manifesto today (Sunday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“Boris Johnson is offering nothing new to the British people – just more of the same. Public services would remain critically underfunded if the Conservatives win on 12 December.
“No one should be fooled by the promises for the NHS and public sector. For the past nine years the Tories have slashed funding and let services slide.
“Now they are trumpeting a reversal of their own bungled policy of scrapping the nursing bursary – a problem of their own making.
“Social care...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 24, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release dave prentis general election 2019 student nurses Source Type: news
Labour rescue plan gives NHS hope, says UNISON
Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) that Labour plans to give the NHS £26bn in real-terms funding, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“This rescue plan can’t come soon enough and will give hope to health service employees and patients across the UK.
“It takes the NHS back to the time before heartless Tory cuts. Chronic underfunding has left hospitals bracing themselves for a winter crisis, without the staff and resources it desperately needs.
“The health service would be revitalised by this major cash boost to our most cherished national institution.
“Bringing back the student nurse bursary w...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 12, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release labour NHS spending Source Type: news
NHS is ‘unsafe’ in hands of Conservatives
Commenting today (Monday) on data published by Labour revealing huge increase in cancelled operations, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“These figures prove the Conservatives don’t care about the NHS. They’ve starved our cherished institution of cash, undermined its very foundations and plunged it into crisis.
“Even health bosses say they can’t go on like this, robbed of resources and with employees under intense pressure. It’s heartbreaking for staff to have to tell patients they won’t get the hip replacement or eye operation they desperately need.
“Government policies like scrapping student nur...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release cancelled operations NHS Source Type: news
NHS is ‘unsafe’ in hands of Conservatives, says UNISON
Commenting today (Monday) on data published by Labour revealing huge increase in cancelled operations, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“These figures prove the Conservatives don’t care about the NHS. They’ve starved our cherished institution of cash, undermined its very foundations and plunged it into crisis.
“Even health bosses say they can’t go on like this, robbed of resources and with employees under intense pressure. It’s heartbreaking for staff to have to tell patients they won’t get the hip replacement or eye operation they desperately need.
“Government policies like scrapping student nur...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release cancelled operations NHS Source Type: news
UNISON celebrates the Amos Bursary
UNISON was the proud host of the Amos Bursary’s 10 year celebrations last Friday.
The Amos Bursary, a UNISON partner, supports young black men to reach their full potential through mentoring, sponsoring and advocacy.
Assistant General Secretary Roger McKenzie said: “I’m happy that UNISON is able to support the Amos Bursary. I want young black men and women to see the trade union movement as something for them. Not to just join, but to be leaders of.”
Founded by Colleen and Baroness Valerie Amos in 2009 after their parents died, the Amos Bursary supports talented students from challenging environments, in Yea...
Source: UNISON Health care news - October 29, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article black members young members Source Type: news
Ministers 'considering' financial incentives to boost nursing
NHS leaders say they would welcome the reintroduction of bursaries for nursing and other students Related items fromOnMedica Chancellor disappoints nurses and GPs Better support and development for SAS doctors NHS failing to incentivise consultant performance Paediatrician shortfall jeopardising child health services Doctors bear burden of Government ’s financial failure (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 26, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The Ward Round: The big bursary U-turn
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ... (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 26, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Half of student midwives might quit courses over money worries
Government must give back student midwives ’ bursaries to help tackle huge shortage of midwives, warns RCM Related items fromOnMedica Nearly £100m spent on temp staffing for midwifery Staff survey results ‘alarming’, say health leaders Primary Care Home has positive impact on care and services BMA calls for maximum number of patients per GP Paediatrician shortfall jeopardising child health services (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 23, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New student nurse numbers 'nowhere near enough'
The number of new students accepted onto nursing undergraduate degree courses in England are down by more than 1,300 since the bursary was scrapped in 2016, according to figures published today. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Welsh government urged to end student nurse bursary 'uncertainty'
Uncertainty about the future of the nursing bursary in Wales has left potential students “confused and disheartened”, according to the Royal College of Nursing, which has urged the government to commit to providing financial support as part of a new workforce plan. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 31, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
HSJ Weekly Catch Up: Talks of mergers, bursaries and line-drawing
Your essential update on health for the week. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - July 19, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Legacy of late health visitor to fund specialist training bursaries
Money left in the will of a former nurse to improve healthcare in Birmingham will allow 10 health visitors to access specialist training in how best to support families who experience a multiple birth. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Simon Stevens' shock bursary comments show loans 'not working'
The chief executive of a leading health think tank has welcomed recent surprise comments by NHS England boss Simon Stevens around student nurse funding as recognition that the current loans system is not working. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 16, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Stevens: Nursing bursary question ‘clearly back in play’
Simon Stevens has said the debate over reintroducing a nursing bursary is “back in play” because the NHS needs a bigger pipeline of newly qualified nurses. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - July 15, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
