Government must abolish tuition fees for all health trainees, says UNISON

Commenting today (Monday) on the Conservative Party’s general election pledges on nurse recruitment, a nursing student grant and hospital parking, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“The Tories’ disastrous decision to axe the NHS bursary has made it impossible for many potential nurses to train. Applications have fallen off a cliff, recruitment has been undermined, and safety on wards threatened since its abolition.
“The bare minimum any government should do is impro