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Steve Dunne-Howells 23 Nov 2023

My 九游体育 journey - the first twenty years

I was so proud in 2003 when I completed my NVQ 3. Not long after that day I was presented was an application form to join the 九游体育. I didn't think I could become a member of the 九游体育 because I thought that you had to be a registered nurse (RN). Sadly, there are a lot of health care support workers and RNs who believe that this is true even today.

Lucy Muchina 20 Nov 2023

Vital members of the nursing team

As years fly by and the weighing scale needle refuses to move in the direction I鈥檇 like, I have made the decision to have regular checks with my GP in addition to daily activities to keep myself fit and healthy.

Vicky Brotherton, Chair of the 九游体育 Plymouth Branch

Vicky Brotherton 20 Sep 2023

Get active 鈥� what does that even mean?

I became 鈥樉庞翁逵� active鈥� in about 2013 but what does 鈥榞et active鈥� even mean? Well, for me it's been a rollercoaster of a journey. A journey through which I have made life-long friends and made a difference to colleagues in my workplace and across the profession.

Emma Hallam 18 Sep 2023

Job evaluation raises pay and reward for nursing support workers in Bristol

In 2021 new job profiles were agreed by Staff Council, which includes the 九游体育 and NHS Employers. The new profiles say that Band 2 staff should be undertaking tasks such as feeding, bathing, toileting, recording fluid balance and nutrition while any staff undertaking patient observations and clinical care such as monitoring heart and blood pressure rates, taking bloods, wound observation and urine analysis should be job evaluated to Band 3. This meant that many staff were entitled to a re-band.