English employers 'may buy nurses out of Wales NHS' under bursary change
Short-staffed employers in England may end up paying off fees for nurses who train in Wales to tempt them over the border to work for them soon after they graduate, according to the chair of a new group representing Welsh university nursing departments. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 7, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
NHS seeks to reclaim thousands from nursing bursary fraud
The NHS ’s anti-fraud organisation has launched a bid to reclaim almost £89,000 from a mature student who invented children to claim nursing bursaries. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - July 7, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
UNISON comments on latest NMC figures on UK nurses leaving the NHS
Commenting on the latest NMC figures, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “With both UK and EU nurses leaving, the NHS is heading towards a serious staffing crisis. The country simply isn’t training enough nurses to make up for those who are leaving. Scrapping the bursary and introducing tuition fees have only made matters worse.
“Many organisations, including the NHS pay review body have warned that the pay freeze was not sustainable. Nurses’ and midwives’ pay has been held down for too many years, despite demand for their expertise growing. So it is no surprise they are leaving the NHS.
“These...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - July 3, 2017 Category: Food Science Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: News Press release NHS nurse Source Type: news
Number of UK nurses and midwives falling
And the downward trend is most pronounced among British staff Related items fromOnMedica Will removing bursaries for student nurses actually lead to more nursing staff? England faces a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020 Number of EU nurses registering drops by 96% The vital voice of the commissioning nurse Nurses 'unable to afford basic necessities' (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - July 3, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Waxing lyrical about poetry by Alex Reece Abbott
The third category for the Sixth International Hysteria Writing Competition is poetry. That means a poem with the very loose theme “things of interest to women.” Oh, and a maximum of twenty lines, not including spaces. Our writer in residence Alex Reece Abbott has asked some award-winning poets and judges from around the world to share their best pointers for writing poetry for her post this month – big thanks go to the fabulous Frankie McMillan; Camille Ralphs; Jane Clarke and Aki Schilz for their support and valuable insights.
Camille has also kindly shared a poetry generator, so even if you’ve never written a ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 27, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Hysteria alex reece abbott hysteria 2017 poetry writer in residence Source Type: news
Jeremy Corbyn: “ My thanks to everybody from UNISON for all that you did ”
This is the full text of the speech Jeremy Corbyn gave to UNISON’s national delegate conference on Friday.
“Thank you for inviting me here today to your annual conference.
It is a great pleasure to be back in Brighton for the first time since the election. Not only did the Labour Party increase our majority in Hove from just over 1,000 to almost 19,000 but we also gained Brighton Kemptown.
The brilliant Lloyd Russell-Moyle turned a Tory majority of almost 700 into a Labour majority of 10,000, the biggest majority that any MP of any party has ever had in that constituency.
Here in the South-East overall, Labour incr...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - June 26, 2017 Category: Food Science Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article 2017 NDC delegate conference jeremy corbyn labour link Labour Party national delegate conference 2017 ndc 2017 Source Type: news
National delegate conference hails inspiring speech from Jeremy Corbyn
“The Labour Party and the labour movement: united for the many – not for the few. Be of good cheer – the election will come soon!”
That was the message from Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn when he spoke to UNISON’s national delegate conference in Brighton this morning.
He had arrived in the hall with general secretary Dave Prentis to a standing ovation, cheering, singing and applause. When he left after his first major speech since the general election, it was – if possible – to an even greater ovation.
He began by praising the work that had plunged Prime Minister Theresa May into desperate haggling with th...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 23, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News general election jeremy corbyn Labour Party national delegate conference 2017 ndc 17 Source Type: news
Huge drop in EU nurses applying to work in the UK
Only 46 nurses from the EU registered to work in the UK in April, a 96% drop since last July, according to new figures published today by the Health Foundation.
Last July, 1,304 nurses applied, but the number dropped to just 344 two months later in September, figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request to the Nursing and Midwifery Council show.
“The decline in applicants is extremely concerning,” said UNISON head of health Sara Gorton. “We have a recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS and patient care is suffering.
“Training new staff, attracting former NHS workers back to the service, and recru...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 13, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Article BREXIT eu nurses health NHS overseas nurses student nurses Source Type: news
Call for NHS to sell land for staff accommodation
Land sale could mean 40,000 new homes Related items fromOnMedica £20k bursary to train as GP in under-doctored areas Wales offers incentives for GPs to train and stay in Wales Four in ten nurses threaten to quit London More nurses applying for hardship grants NHS asset sales could be worth £2bn (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 12, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Wales bursary details reveal nurses repay £25k if fail to work in country
Student nurses in Wales who receive a bursary for their training but don ’t go on to work in the country will in the future be required to pay back at least £25,500 in fees, it has emerged. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - June 6, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
General election 2017: The NHS
Increase NHS funding
With many hospitals and other services stretched to breaking point, UNISON wants to see a major funding boost for our NHS.
All of the main parties have committed to providing extra funding for the NHS in one form or another.
In England, Labour will commit to over £30bn in extra funding over the next Parliament. The Conservatives will increase NHS spending by a minimum of £8bn in real terms over the next five years. The Lib Dems will put a penny on income tax to raise an extra £6bn for health and social care.
Based on these headline statements, an analysis by the Nuffield Trust think tank estimates...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 5, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article Magazine general election 2017 NHS NHS bursary NHS England NHS funding NHS funding cuts nhs pay NHS staff save the NHS bursary Scotland Wales NHS Source Type: news
SNP hints at separate nurse pay arrangements
The Scottish National Party is committed to protecting student nurse bursaries and would explore setting up separate pay arrangements for NHS staff in Scotland, if the UK government continued to restrain salaries, the party ’s election manifesto has revealed. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 31, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Lib Dems would bring back bursary, but staffing laws 'not priority'
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to reinstate student bursaries if the party were to win the election and to also increase NHS nurse pay in line with inflation, but said they would not make staffing laws an immediate priority. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 15, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Manchester mayor outlines student nurse bursary payment plan
Students who qualify from a Greater Manchester university and go on to work for a minimum of five years could get their bursaries repaid, according to a proposed plan in the north west from the city ’s new mayor Andy Burnham. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - May 14, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Short stories in short by Alex Reece Abbott
This time, short stories – for the Sixth International Hysteria Writing Competition, that means a story with the very loose theme “things of interest to women.” Oh, and a maximum of two thousand words.
There is nothing like a dame, as the song goes, so I bring you a real dame of literature, and six other acclaimed, award-winning class acts who write and judge short stories. Big thanks to our eight short story collaborators this year; the stellar Danielle McLaughlin, Alison Moore, Dame Fiona Kidman, Kirsty Logan, Tania Hershman, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin and Sinead Gleeson for generously donating their time and poin...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 9, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Hysteria alex reece abbott hysteria 2017 short story writer in residence Source Type: news
