Employment topics
Nursing and midwifery numbers rising
In the past year the number of nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK has increased by almost 4000, the NMC reports.
Delegates told of ‘savage’ cuts to services
Cuts made to health visitors, school nurses and community nursery nurses were described as ‘savage’ and ‘another betrayal of our children’ by shadow health and social care secretary Jonathan Ashworth at the Unite/CPHVA conference last week.
NHS pay – one step at a time
The basic pay journey of NHS staff has had a reset. Sarah Carpenter, Unite’s head of health, asks how the new framework for pay progression affects you.
