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NEWSFLASH .... (26/08/10) Registration closing date has been extended

(23/06/10) We are delighted to confirm that UNISON will be holding its next Health Care Assistants Conference on 21 September.

(14/04/10) Professional indemnity insurance factsheet

(13/04/10) The Spring newsletter is now available.

(12/04/10) Social networking sites can be great when used properly.

(30/03/10) Applicants are now being sought for the Mary Seacole Awards.

(30/03/10) The Department of Health (England) has published a signposting reference guide on various types of quality for nurses.

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday accepted the report into the commission on nursing and midwifery. Report and launch video.

UNISON has made a submission to the Prime Ministers Commission into Nursing & Midwifery.

A new development will expand and enhance the professional support and services available to the union's nursing members, with increased access to clinical and research information to develop your practise.

(14/12/06) The attached Learning the Hard Way report on the outcome of the 2006 National Health Student Survey shows the spiralling debt and exhausting extra hours facing nursing and other healthcare students.

(21/09/06) The attached documents show the UNISON Scotland and UNISON responses to the Scottish Executive consultation on National Standards relating to Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland, which is running until 15 November 2006.

(21/09/06) In July 2006, UNISON wrote to Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to express our concerns that a very large number of overseas nurses, who are currently working in the UK, could be put at risk when their work permits are due for renewal as a result of the removal of Band 5 and 6 Nurses from the Government Shortage List. The file attached provides an update on migration in the wake of that decision by the Department of Health and Home Office.

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