Opportunity for some keen tweeters to come to the Cochrane Colloquium 2018
Announcing a great opportunity for some keen tweeters to come to the Cochrane Colloquium 2018 (with free registration, accommodation and a travel bursary) as part of the #BeyondTheRoom team.We ’re really excited about this. Not ‘excited’ as in “we know we need to appear enthusiastic about this and this is an easy word to reach for” kind of excited, but actually excited!In Edinburgh this September (Sunday 16th – Tuesday 18th) Cochrane UK is hosting Cochrane’s annual global conference, the Cochrane Colloquium. It will bring together around 1200 people who are interested in producing, sharing and using high qu...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Stipends deadline for Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh 2018
Stipend applications closing Friday 27 April 2018A number of stipends and bursaries are available to help consumers and other attendees based in developing countries to attend Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh 2018.The stipends (funding you can apply for, if eligible) are to help cover registration, travel, accommodation, and other expenses associated with attending the 2018 Colloquium.Cochrane are providing stipends for: 1) Cochrane Consumers; 2) Cochrane contributors living in low-, lower-middle-, (LMIC) and upper-middle-income countries (UMIC); 3) students living in LMIC and UMIC countries.The deadline for applying is Frida...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 9, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Warning new course rating system will exacerbate bursary loss
Universities fear plans for a new ranking system that accounts for graduate earnings when assessing the quality of teaching for different subjects could disadvantage nursing courses. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - April 9, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
One last attempt to save NHS bursaries, says UNISON
Commenting on plans that would see a parliamentary debate after Easter recess on government plans to scrap postgraduate student nursing bursaries, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“The government needs to admit it got this one very wrong.
“Official figures show that government penny-pinching is deterring a whole generation of nurses and other health professionals from their chosen career in the NHS.
“The toxic combination of underfunded services, wage stagnation and increased pressure on services has created a whole new uncertainly into which graduates are understandably not willing to enter into knowing the...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 6, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Clare Santry Tags: Press release NHS NHS bursary nursing Source Type: news
Hunt cites bursary and Brexit as reasons for ‘nursing workforce concern’
Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged to nurse leaders in England that the NHS workforce is his “biggest worry” and that the fall since last year in the number of nursing staff is of particular concern. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - March 16, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nursing by association
Elizabeth Bayliss and Kareema McCarthy. Pictures: Marcus Rose
ALTHOUGH Elizabeth Bayliss and Kareema McCarthy work at the same hospital, Kettering General in the East Midlands, they have only recently become friends – not on the wards, but at university.
That’s because the pair, who a few months ago were both healthcare assistants in different parts of the hospital, are now part of the pilot scheme to create a new breed of healthcare professional – the nursing associate.
Posited as a role that sits between the healthcare assistant and the registered nurse, with its own level of knowledge and skills, it involves two y...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 15, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article Magazine NHS NHS bursary NHS staff recruitment nursing associates Source Type: news
Stipends now open for Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh 2018
Stipend applications open until Friday 27 April 2018A number of stipends and bursaries are available to help consumers and other attendees based in developing countries to attend Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh 2018.The stipends (funding you can apply for, if eligible) are to help cover registration, travel, accommodation, and other expenses associated with attending the 2018 Colloquium.Cochrane are providing stipends for: 1) Cochrane Consumers; 2) individuals living in low-, lower-middle-, (LMIC) and upper-middle-income countries (UMIC); 3) students living in LMIC and UMIC countries.The deadline for applying is Friday 27 ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 14, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
University to offer new scholarship for postgraduate courses
A university in the capital has announced a new scholarship scheme for postgraduates wanting to study nursing, in the wake of the government ’s scrapping of bursaries in England. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - March 6, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nursing student numbers: should we panic yet?
A blog looking at the impact of the withdrawal of bursaries for student nurses on recruitment to nursing degree courses. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Short-sighted' removal of bursaries for postgraduate student nurses
Postgraduate pre-registration nursing and midwifery students in England will no longer receive bursaries to cover their tuition fees and living costs, the government has confirmed. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - February 12, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Applicants to nursing courses fall for second year since bursary end
The number of people from England applying to train as a nurse has fallen for a second year in a row, dropping by a further 13% compared with the same point in 2017, official figures have shown. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - February 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
‘ You can be a mother, daughter, sister and engineer if you wish ’
UNISON’s women’s conference opened its second day with a passionate debate on the lack of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Speakers in Liverpool discussed the need to remove the stigma around STEM subjects in order to increase female participation.
Angela Wall from Kirklees spoke passionately about her career as an electrical engineer.
Janis Ford, a career’s adviser from Hertfordshire, told delegates about the importance of impartial advice for young women from careers advisers.
Yvonne Watson from Grampian health branch talked about her sister, a technician in the navy who visits sc...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 2, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Article News 2018 Women's Conference equalities equality women members Source Type: news
The government must turn back the tide on NHS nursing shortages, says UNISON
This report is the latest alarm bell on the NHS staffing crisis. The government must heed these warnings if it wants to turn back the tide on NHS nursing shortages.
“The reasons for the drop in the number of nurses are, amongst other things, the result of excessive workloads, ongoing pay restraint, a lack of on-the-job training, and uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
“Disturbingly, the report highlights that nurses feel undervalued – a damning indictment of the government neglecting a workforce held in high esteem by the public.
“The foolishness of abolishing the NHS bursary for healthcare students is laid bare in the...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - January 26, 2018 Category: Food Science Authors: Clare Santry Tags: Article NHS nurses nursing Source Type: news
UNISON comments on rising number of nurses leaving the NHS
Commenting on the BBC story that a rising number of nurses are leaving the health service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said today (Wednesday):
“The pressure on the NHS is at an all time high. It’s highly damaging that so many nurses are leaving the NHS so soon after qualifying. But new recruits are quickly realising that the demands placed on them are unrealistic and overwhelming.
“More experienced nurses are also leaving due to heavy workloads and the ongoing pay restraint, which has left them feeling unvalued and taken for granted for too long.
“The government needs to ensure nursing is an attractive care...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 17, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release NHS bursary nhs pay NHS pressures nurses student nurses Source Type: news
University attempts to lure student nurses with financial benefits
Funding totalling £1,500 is to be made available to all new adult nursing students next year, a higher education institution has announced in the wake of the bursary cuts in England. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - December 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
