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Nurses calling for action by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust on parking issues facing staff

Call for action letter signed by 2,000 staff and local residents, with

05 Mar 2024
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RCN Scotland members protesting over pay and staffing, illustrating story about benefits for nurses under pay agreement

A 30-minute reduction in the working week for NHS nurses will be implemented in April 2024

04 Mar 2024
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NMC headquarters brass plaque showing its name and logo. A nurse who looked up medical records with no legitimate reason was suspended by the regulator

School nurse with a history of inappropriately accessing records will be unable to practis

01 Mar 2024
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Image from NHS trust's anti-violence campaign, featuring nurse Yvonne Ihekwoaba

Essex NHS trust's No Abuse, No Excuse campaign includes body cameras and red card bans to

28 Feb 2024
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Nurse Sharon Woods with Caroline Swan, whose life she helped to save following a stroke

Nurse Sharon Woods acted swiftly when her stroke ward colleague Caroline Swan experienced

26 Feb 2024
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Joanne Froggatt in the tv drama Breathtaking

ITV series described on social media as an authentic depiction of the p

22 Feb 2024
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Photo of Martha Mills, who died from sepsis in 2021. Failures in her care inspired Martha's rule, which will be rolled out in April 2024.

Nurses will be part of independent critical care teams patients and families can contact f

21 Feb 2024
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Woman, whose head is seen from behind, faces an official panel of questioners. NMC's independent panels will investigate cases of suspended registration fraud

Nursing regulator said 48 people under suspicion of gaining fraudulent access to the UK re

20 Feb 2024
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Nurse Michelle Cox, who won a landmark racism tribunal and welcomes a new report on racism

Three quarters of survey respondents did not raise a race concern as they believe nothing

19 Feb 2024
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Two nurses happily walk through hospital lobby. Study founds consitency in nurse rostering is good for staff morale

Predictable rosters and sensitively spaced days off boost staff retention and morale – but

16 Feb 2024
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Photo of Berrywood Hospital, illustrating a story about nurse suspended from register for behaviour in the workplace

NMC fitness to practise panel hears of mental health nurse Declan Carroll’s behaviour towa

15 Feb 2024
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Nurses on picket line wave banners during their NHS pay strike

Union urges government to start pay talks to avoid repeat of NHS strikes and address the ‘

09 Feb 2024

Three judges will decide whether to grant leave to appeal to former nurse, whose initial at

08 Feb 2024

Cost-of-living struggles mean nursing staff are falling into arrears with rent, mortgages a

07 Feb 2024

Call for nurses’ student debt averaging £48,000 to be forgiven if they s

07 Feb 2024

The part-time degree course, funded by an NHS bursary, is aimed at enabl

06 Feb 2024

As new Executive takes office, RCN demands urgent action to give nurses

05 Feb 2024

New advice gives healthcare staff more time to examine those less severely ill before decid

02 Feb 2024

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