Unite Fears That Government Has Dropped School Nurse Pledge


Fears have been expressed that the government has jettisoned a five-year old policy that every secondary school in England should have a specialist school nurse in place by 2010. Unite, the largest union in the country, will be asking ministers what they mean by 'a school nurse team' in every local area, as outlined in the government's new Vision for a 21st century children's health service.

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