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On Friday 14th July 17:15 – 21:00 join us for a FREE community engagement meal for all NHS Lothian Black staff, Asian staff and staff of colour at Augustine United Church George IV Bridge Edinburgh, EH1 1EL In this space we can indulge in delicious food, get to know each other, and explore how we … Continued

On Tuesday 28th March from 18:30 – 22:00 join us for a FREE community engagement meal for all NHS Lothian Black staff, Asian staff and staff of colour at the Community Wellbeing Space in Westside Plaza Shopping Centre, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. In this space we can indulge in delicious food, get to know each other, … Continued

We will be joining the training together as Medact and Nurses United to learn and practice skills to bring into our campaigning for health justice,  including:  🔭  Campaign strategy  🔎 Identifying and recruiting new people  🗣 Persuasive conversation techniques 🏥 Real life examples of health workers winning demands The Organizing for Power team have put … Continued

Woman’s Place UK recently submitted a petition to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), asking the NMC to withdraw its participation in Stonewall’s Diversity Champions Programme. We have taken some time to prepare and consult with healthcare staff, including members of the trans community, regarding the petition before responding. The Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme is the … Continued

This ballot result is hard to see. We’ve pushed for there to be greater investment in organising for over 20 months and that hasn’t come fast enough. With hundreds of people taking action in our #NHSPay15 campaign we’ve seen the largest turnout in an NHS pay ballot in decades. That is all down to the hard work of … Continued

This week we wrote to the Chief Nurse of Great Ormond Street Hospital to demand that they listen to the GOSH Security Guards’ campaign to be treated fairly. Outsourcing services puts us all at risk by wasting NHS funds on private companies’ profits and making it even more likely that we’ll struggle to recruit and … Continued

This weekend we protested outside Sajid Javid’s office in Bromsgrove after he failed to meet them to discuss the shambolic 3% pay offer.   Nurses United members organised the event  which was attended by  RCN West Midlands, Acorn Birmingham and GMB West Midlands, on the 11th of September to highlight the impact of the Government’s real-terms … Continued

👇🏽 Nurses and our Supporters we need you! 👇🏽 We’re asking frontline nurses and their supporters to meet with us outside Sajid Javid’s office at 15:00 on Saturday 11th September 🏢 His office’s address is 18 High Street, Bromsgrove, B61 8HQ 📋 We’ve sent him a letter which you can read below asking him to … Continued

The Afghan people have experienced decades of war, injustice and harm. The last few weeks have seen a new escalation in violence and fear as the Taliban swept across the nation and took control of the capital following the unexpected and swift removal of American forces. We stand particularly with the women and girls of … Continued

Israeli security forces have attacked unarmed Palestinians while they were praying in one of Islam’s holiest mosques in Jerusalem during the last few nights of Ramadan. There were reports that security forces then prevented paramedics from reaching protesters who were injured, and that Israeli security forces stormed a medical clinic treating the injured with stun … Continued