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As you will be aware, there have been several announcements regarding industrial action, with confirmation of ongoing strike action across a number of unions associated with health and social care. This has an impact on courses of study with placements in the associated fields. Please refer to your profession related union / college or professional statutory regulatory body website for more information.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action in your placement organisation and discuss alternative arrangements.
As a University we work closely with Practice Partners to assess the risk to student placement learning during strike action. The advice is that, if your placement organisation is included in any industrial action, we would ask that you don’t attend placement. This is to protect your supernumerary status and learning experience. It is important you discuss with your practice assessor / educator plans for when strike dates are announced.
Practice placement areas will support you to adjust your rota to avoid strike days, please note if you attend on a strike day you may be asked to go home or to study in any available library and your practice hours will be rearranged to a non-strike day. If this is not possible to re-schedule hours – your placement education team / practice educator / assessor may ask you to complete reflective or case-based learning at home on the strike day to support your ongoing development and build evidence for proficiency / competence in practice.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action in your placement organisation and discuss arrangements to reorganise shifts / undertake self-directed or remote placement learning activity.
Apprenticeship students should follow guidance from employers, but it is not anticipated you will work as a student on strike days.
We recognise that the news may leave students feeling concerned and if they are impacted by this please contact your personal tutor, University Student Services or HSCPlacements@glos.ac.uk
The University of Gloucestershire and Practice Partners; value students and recognise that these issues are important to them. We will continue to communicate with students as future events unfold.
In the meantime, all practice partners continue to work together to ensure that patient and service user safety and priority services are maintained – minimising the impact on day-to-day services as much as possible. If you have any further questions, please contact hscplacements@glos.ac.uk.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced that industrial action will continue. A set of frequently asked questions are available on the RCN website.
The NMC have issued a position statement which includes guidance in relation to nursing students; as a University, we work closely with Practice Partners to assess the risk to student learning during strike action. As the level of staffing during strike action will potentially be affected a collaborative decision has been made that students all Nursing students should not attend shifts during industrial action; practice placements will support you to adjust your rota to avoid strike days, please note if you attend on a strike day you may be asked to go
home or to study in any available library and your practice hours will be rearranged to a non-strike day.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action in your placement organisation and discuss alternative arrangements.
Please ensure you read the advice below and the Royal College of Nursing FAQs regarding industrial action.
RCN student members and apprentices who are directly employed by an NHS employer on Agenda for Change terms and conditions can take strike action. This may include bank contracts. However, please check your bank contract to ensure it is an NHS employer on Agenda for Change terms and conditions and not an internal pay or bank system that differs from the NHS terms and conditions.
If you are not an apprentice or on a bank contract you cannot strike.
The RCN expects agency workers will not provide cover for striking members. If you are allocated to work at an NHS organisation on a day of strike action, the RCN expectation is for members not to cover that shift.
You could ask your agency to find you alternative work at an organisation that is not affected by the strike action, for example, a private hospital or a care home.
No. The University is not covered under the agenda for change terms and conditions. Wearing your uniform on a picket line may breach the University code of conduct.
UNISON, Unite and the GMB have confirmed that members will take part in strike action.
As a University we work closely with Practice Partners to assess the risk to student learning during strike action. As the level of staffing during strike action will potentially be affected a collaborative decision has been made that students should not attend for shifts during strike dates; practice placements will support you to adjust your rota to avoid strike days, please note if you attend on a strike day you may be asked to go home or to study in any available library and your practice hours will be rearranged to a non-strike day.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action in your placement organisation and discuss alternative arrangements.
The University of Gloucestershire and Practice Partners value students and recognise that these issues are important to them. We will continue to communicate with students as future events unfold.
In the meantime, all practice partners continue to work together to ensure that patient and service user safety and priority services are maintained – minimising the impact on day-to-day services as much as possible.
The Chartered Society for Physiotherapists have confirmed that members will take part in strike action.
As a University we work closely with Practice Partners to assess the risk to student learning during strike action. As the level of staffing during strike action will potentially be affected a collaborative decision has been made that students should not attend for shifts during strike dates; practice placements will support you to adjust your rota to avoid strike days, please note if you attend on a strike day you may be asked to go home or to study in any available library and your practice hours will be rearranged to a non-strike day.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action in your placement organisation and discuss alternative arrangements.
The University of Gloucestershire and Practice Partners value students and recognise that these issues are important to them. We will continue to communicate with students as future events unfold.
In the meantime, all practice partners continue to work together to ensure that patient and service user safety and priority services are maintained – minimising the impact on day-to-day services as much as possible.
As you may be aware, there are planned public transport strikes across the country next week, coinciding with many student placements across the university.
Please ensure you are aware of forthcoming strike action and plan alternative arrangements.
In preparation for the strikes and to reduce the risk of placement absence please ensure you follow the below guidance:
Please check practice support for any updates and if you have any further questions, please contact hscplacements@glos.ac.uk.
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