Welcome to the Philippine Nurses Association of UK

Seminar in Manila

In collaboration with PNA National Headquarters, PNA UK will be conducting a

"Nursing in the UK" seminar on 21 January 2010 at the PNA National Headquarters in Malate, Manila.

The seminar is aimed at academic and clinical nurses from all levels, as well as the other allied health care professionals who are interested in working in the United Kingdom, and the broader aspect of nursing overseas and the latest trends in international nurses’ recruitment. The seminar's objectives are to help create social awareness in relation to life & nursing in the United Kingdom; identify and understand the diverse roles played in the recruitment process; identify and highlight current practices on international recruitment; bring up to date the participants on the findings of the white paper on Ethical International Recruitment; explore alternative strategies and routes in the context of international recruitment; utilize the session as a method to develop initiatives to address key issues and concerns affecting Filipino nurses both locally and internationally and to provide opportunities for professional development, networking, mentoring and collaboration among the participants.

Registration starts at 0800. Please contact PNA National Headquarters or PNA UK ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information.

Presentation Resources Available here:

Nursing in the United Kingdom (MS Doc)
Nurses on the Move (MS Doc)
International Recruitment Documents (zip)

Donors & Contributors to the Calamity Fund

In the interest of public accountability and transparency, we would like to thank the following individuals, groups and organizations who have invested their trust in PNA UK to make sure that their donations reach the intended recipients. If you have donated to an individual, group or organization who claimed or says to be from the PNA UK and is not listed below, please follow-up with them as they might have mischievously misrepresented PNA UK with some other intent.

The Future of Nursing

The Future of Nursing

More than a decade from the nursing profession being first officially pioneered in the Crimean War of 1854, it has now become the most diverse professional group of healthcare workers in the health sector. This is mainly due to the countless roles played out by nurses in the discharge of their duties.

Ang NARS - the Future of Nursing

Nurses represent the majority of the un-represented sector of society. Almost every Filipino knows somebody who is a nurse, either as a direct family member or a direct relation of a close friend. Globally, nurses lead the sector specific of Overseas Filipino Workers alongside Seafarers and Domestic Assistants.

Nurses Unite to Care

Seven-years from the official date of its signing into Law, Republic Act 9173 or commonly known as the Nursing Act of 2002, it still presently remains unimplemented.

The Nursing Act of 2002 was signed into law by PGMA which clearly states in Article VII, Section 32 that “the minimum base pay of nurses working in the public health institution shall not be lower than salary grade 15”. The equivalent pay of SG15 in 2002 is Php16,093 and Php 24,887 presently. However, the recent approval of Joint Resolution No. 36 otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law III (SSL3) downgrades the basic pay of nurses to salary grade 11 (Php 18,088 currently). Defenders of SSL3 claim that SSL3 actually improves the basic pay of nurses from Php 16,093 to Php 18,088. This may look beneficial but if we all look closely, Php 16,093 is SG15 in 2002 and Php 18,088 is SG11 currently. In effect, nurses are downgraded from SG15 to SG11. Add to the fact that Php16,093 is the rate of pay in 2002 and not 2009. The 2009 current rate of pay for SG15 is Php 24,887. Furthermore, SG15 was never implemented across the board from the time it was signed into law in 2002.

Uk-based Nurses Associations in a Grand Meeting

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UK-based Nurses Associations in the Grand Meeting

The Royal College of Nursing hosted a grand meeting of UK-based nurses association last 28^th September 2009. The meeting was well attended by the presidents, chairman and heads of different UK-based nurses associations such as the African Nurses Support Services, The Barbados Overseas Nurses’ Association, Croatian Nurses, Association of Guyanese Nurses & Allied Professionals in UK, The Nurses Association of Jamaica, All Pakistan Nurses Association UK and the Association of South African Nurses in the UK.

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