Can we leave nursing in a better condition than when we found it? My answer? We must try.
Nursing is in crisis, there is no doubt about it. We have patients queuing in corridors, struggling to get GP appointments and waiting years for social care placements. Student nursing applications are down each year, international colleagues are being mistreated and more nurses are leaving the profession than ever before.
So, what does this mean for us as members? What can we do about it? Why bother getting active? Will it even change anything?
The answer is, we must try. We are nursing. If we can’t rise to this challenge, then who can?
This lack of hope is understandable. I’m a nurse, I get it. However, I also believe, with all my heart, that there is a point, and that we – you and me – can make things better for patients and for our nursing colleagues.
Today, that starts with getting the vote out on NHS pay. NHS pay shows how this government value nursing, and whether we like it or not, our pay is connected to staffing levels, to corridor care and to the staffing crisis.
One vote takes 30 seconds. We can all do this.
What’s more, if we can spend an hour a week getting others to vote, we’ll send a message loud and clear to our Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting that we care about nursing and our pay.
Gone are the days when nursing staff are walked all over. Gone are the days of patient care being put second. Gone are the days of nursing staying quiet.
Colleagues, my question to you is this: can we make sure we leave nursing in a better condition than when we found it?
It’s time for us to act together to save tomorrow. Let’s get loud.
Not voted yet on NHS pay? Vote now.
Nursing is in crisis, there is no doubt about it. We have patients queuing in corridors, struggling to get GP appointments and waiting years for social care placements. Student nursing applications are down each year, international colleagues are being mistreated and more nurses are leaving the profession than ever before.
So, what does this mean for us as members? What can we do about it? Why bother getting active? Will it even change anything?
The answer is, we must try. We are nursing. If we can’t rise to this challenge, then who can?
This lack of hope is understandable. I’m a nurse, I get it. However, I also believe, with all my heart, that there is a point, and that we – you and me – can make things better for patients and for our nursing colleagues.
Today, that starts with getting the vote out on NHS pay. NHS pay shows how this government value nursing, and whether we like it or not, our pay is connected to staffing levels, to corridor care and to the staffing crisis.
One vote takes 30 seconds. We can all do this.
What’s more, if we can spend an hour a week getting others to vote, we’ll send a message loud and clear to our Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting that we care about nursing and our pay.
Gone are the days when nursing staff are walked all over. Gone are the days of patient care being put second. Gone are the days of nursing staying quiet.
Colleagues, my question to you is this: can we make sure we leave nursing in a better condition than when we found it?
It’s time for us to act together to save tomorrow. Let’s get loud.
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