Eleanor Smith makes pledge at TUC Congress alongside the Royal College of Midwives
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Public get birthday cake and sign birthday card – and petition to protect the NHS bursary
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The government should continue to pay for the training of student nurses and midwives, and not force NHS trainees to fund their degrees with loans, according to a new survey published today (Friday)...
More than 20 health unions, charities and professional colleges sign open letter to prime minister
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On a normal Wednesday morning Emily Heron would be taking patients’ blood pressure or doing observations...
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Cutting financial 'lifeline' to student nurses will leave them thousands of pounds in debt
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At a time when our NHS faces a nursing shortage (due in part to mismanagement and attacks on the profession), the government should be pulling out all of the stops to attract more people into careers...
Government plans to scrap the bursary funding for students on nursing, midwifery and other health degrees will mean around 2,000 fewer people a year will study for a career in the NHS, according to a...
We need to find a way to address the funding crisis facing students in the NHS – but not by plunging those same students into debt, and putting the future of our health service on the line.
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Help save the NHS bursary for student nurses, midwives and other health professionals in England
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