Decent NHS pay rise is crucial if both the workforce and the economy are to grow, say health unions
Proper investment in NHS staff is essential for both the UK’s economic success and if there’s to be any hope of filling record staff vacancies, health unions say today (Friday).
A new report, compiled on behalf of 14 unions representing more than a million health workers in England, makes clear rebuilding the NHS workforce will be impossible without the fair, sustained wage rises central to recruiting and hanging on to staff.
The unions also call for action from the government in the 2024/25 pay round to tackle the wage and staffing issues crucial to cutting the treatment backlog and giving patients the qualit...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 9, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release health workers nhs pay Source Type: news
Registered Midwife Degree Apprenticeship evaluation report
This report sets out the findings of an evaluation of a workforce intervention that has not yet been extensively implemented across maternity services in the NHS. It describes how the Registered Midwife Degree Apprenticeship has the potential to increase the supply of labour in a sustainable way. It describes the benefits and costs that could be attributed to this way of educating registered midwives.ReportRoyal College of Midwives - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 29, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news
Hospitals pay midwives up to £2,000 a shift to plug staffing gaps
The Royal College of Midwives estimates that the NHS in England has a shortfall of 2,500 midwives. Data reveals 86 NHS trusts in England spent more than £ 96 million on agency and bank midwives in 2022/23. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Give midwives ‘time to care,’ demands RCM
Vital perinatal mental health is ‘on the precipice,’ the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has warned as the college launches a roadmap for improving services. The RCM found that one in five women will experience mental health issues during pregnancy and up to a year after, with suicide remaining one of the leading causes of... Read moreThe post Give midwives ‘time to care,’ demands RCM appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Mental health Pregnancy Source Type: news
Strengthening perinatal mental health: a roadmap to the right support at the right time
Royal College of Midwives -This roadmap aims to ensure women receive the support they need and to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. It finds that one in five women will experience mental health issues during pregnancy and up to a year after birth, ranging from anxiety and depression to more significant illness. Furthermore, suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in new mothers up to the first year after giving birth. It highlights how few of the women who died as a result of poor perinatal mental health actually received a formal mental health diagnosis despite reported symptoms.ReportRoyal Colleg...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
State of maternity services 2023
Royal College of Midwives -According to this report, if the number of NHS midwives in England had risen at the same pace as the overall health service workforce since the last general election, there would be no midwife shortage. It highlights the lack of investment in maternity services and the impact of staffing shortages on women. It also describes how more complex needs, including rising levels of obesity in pregnancy and increases in the number of older women having babies, are increasing demands on maternity services.ReportRoyal College of Midwives - press release (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - July 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news
Midwives in England give 100,000 hours free labour a week
Midwives working for the NHS in England may give an estimated 100,000 hours of unpaid work per week collectively in order to keep maternity services safe, according to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). A survey asking just under 4,000 RCM members about their workplace in the first week of March this year found that... Read moreThe post Midwives in England give 100,000 hours free labour a week appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - June 23, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
As a Woman Is Jailed, U.K. Rights Advocates Call for Overhaul of Abortion Laws
U.K. abortion rights groups are planning large demonstrations on Saturday outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice, after a woman was controversially jailed on Monday under an 1861 law for using drugs to induce a medical abortion past legal term limits.
The case has sparked outcry and calls for an overhaul of reproductive justice laws in the U.K., as well as the full decriminalization of abortion.
Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother of three, was sentenced to 28 months in custody for using a “pills by post” initiative for at-home medical abortions. Women up to 10 weeks pregnant are eligible to receive th...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Armani Syed Tags: Uncategorized abortion Second click United Kingdom Source Type: news
A Controversial Court Ruling Has Britain ’ s Abortion Rights Groups Up in Arms
U.K. abortion rights groups are planning large demonstrations on Saturday outside London’s Royal Courts of Justice, after a woman was controversially jailed on Monday under an 1861 law for using drugs to induce a medical abortion past legal term limits.
The case has sparked outcry and calls for an overhaul of reproductive justice laws in the U.K., as well as the full decriminalization of abortion.
Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother of three, was sentenced to 28 months in custody for using a “pills by post” initiative for at-home medical abortions. Women up to 10 weeks pregnant are eligible to receive th...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Armani Syed Tags: Uncategorized abortion Second click United Kingdom Source Type: news
Nursing and midwifery national job profile review: evidence report
This report is the output from the evidence-gathering stage of the review project. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HSC pay talks to be held in Northern Ireland this week
Health unions in Northern Ireland have put industrial action on pause after the UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland agreed to meet for pay talks this week. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Unison cancelled industrial action which was set to take place on Monday after Chris Heaton-Harris made arrangements to meet with... Read moreThe post HSC pay talks to be held in Northern Ireland this week appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 4, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Health unions to consider invite from government to enter formal pay talks through NHS staff council
Commenting on the invitation received today (Thursday) from the government for health unions to attend formal pay talks, chair of the union group on the NHS staff council and UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“Health unions will need to clarify the basis upon which talks can get underway through the NHS staff council.
“This includes understanding the status of the unilateral talks that have taken place with the Royal College of Nursing.”
Secretary of the NHS group of unions and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy assistant director of employment relations Elaine Sparkes said: “Once the ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - March 2, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Lucy Shaddock Tags: News Press release nhs pay nhs strikes Put NHS pay right Source Type: news
Solo pay talks could have serious consequences for the NHS
The government’s failure to hold pay talks with every organisation representing striking NHS workers in England is unacceptable, ill-considered, and has potentially perilous consequences, health unions warn today (Monday).
The chair and secretary of the union side of the NHS staff council have written to Steve Barclay on behalf of health unions, raising concerns about the government’s handling of the pay dispute.
The group of 13 unions includes four – UNISON, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, GMB and Unite – that are currently involved in industrial action over NHS pay, staffing and patient care.
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Source: UNISON Health care news - February 27, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release nhs pay Sara Gorton Source Type: news
Hospitals suspend use of gas and air for pregnant mums due to nitrous oxide fears
The Royal College of Midwives blames poor ventilation in many rundown maternity units it describes as 'not fit for purpose'. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RCM opens consultation on Welsh NHS pay offer
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has announced that it will begin consulting its members on the Welsh Government’s NHS pay offer from today. The consultation, which the RCM opened for members online and will run until 27 February, will ask members for their view on whether the union and trade body should accept or... Read moreThe post RCM opens consultation on Welsh NHS pay offer appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 13, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
