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December 13, 2020

Nursing shortages pose risk to pandemic recovery, says Health Foundation

The number of learning disability nurses has fallen by 39 per cent since 2010.
June 9, 2020

Significant underlying teacher supply challenges remain, says new report

The retention rate of newly qualified teachers remaining in teaching to their second year has continued to fall.
January 5, 2020

Misleading new army adverts prey on vulnerable teenagers, says Peace Pledge Union

The British army has been accused of trying to exploit teenagers who lack self-confidence after launching their 2020 recruitment campaign.
October 16, 2019

Children affected by conflict in Africa call on goverments to protect most vulnerable

Some five million African children have been killed by conflict-related disease or hunger in the last 20 years.
September 11, 2019

Union responds to OECD education report

The National Education Union says that the findings of OECD provide another worrying reminder that education in England is moving in the wrong direction.
June 24, 2019

OECD survey shows government failing England's teachers, says union

The National Education Union says findings indicate that England's teachers and school leaders are working longer hours for less pay and have less job satisfaction than their OECD counterparts.
May 10, 2019

Intolerable pressure and Brexit forcing nursing staff to leave, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing says every country of the UK needs a strategy to recruit, train and retain a new generation of nurses, and have accountability set in law for the adequate supply of nursing staff, because there are not enough registered nurses in the UK to meet patient demand.
March 26, 2019

Offer £5,200 grants to nursing students, say health experts

A radical expansion of nurse training with cost-of-living grants of £5,200 a year is needed, says the King's Fund.
March 22, 2019

Urgent investment needed to halt decline in children's health visitors, says LGA

Since 2015 the number of children's health visitors has fallen by 20 per cent.
March 17, 2019

NAHT comments on new measures to support wellbeing for teachers

Headteachers say urgent action is needed to improve the status of the profession and alleviate some of the unnecessary stresses and strains of the job.