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Staffing level boards at a hospital in Grimsby, north Lincolnshire

Insistence that responsibility for nurse-patient ratio should remain&nb

17 Feb 2022
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RCN balloted Northern Ireland members on 3% pay offer

Will resounding RCN ballot result move nurses one step closer to industrial action vote, a

15 Feb 2022
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woman looks unwell at home as NHS issues guidance to employers on long-COVID

NHS England tells employers only to dismiss nurses on long-term sick if individuals cannot

15 Feb 2022
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More than 24,500 apprentices training in 178 different programmes across the NHS in 2020-2

14 Feb 2022
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NMC is consulting on plans to streamline process, meaning some applicants may not need to

14 Feb 2022
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Survey finds many staff do not know about tax rebate of £125 a year – a welcome saving in

11 Feb 2022
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Health unions call for clarity amid fears that Boris Johnson’s ‘abrupt’ plans to end self-

10 Feb 2022
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Nurse ponders issues of COVID vaccination for healthcare staff

Nurse regulator emphasises unvaccinated status is not grounds for fitness to practise

10 Feb 2022
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Picture shows the main entrance of Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow

Nurse and GP at London hospital triage arrivals and send any with minor

10 Feb 2022
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Broken lockers are among storage problems nurses face at work

Hospital workplaces that lack secure lockers or cycle storage mean nurses feel forced to c

09 Feb 2022
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Pledge is part of plan to tackle record waiting lists in England, but healthcare unions ur

09 Feb 2022
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nurse receives a coronavirus vaccination from NHS colleague

Chief nurse Ruth May joins Chris Whitty in multidisciplinary appeal to unvaccinated nurses

09 Feb 2022

Suspension of pension abatement rules extended until October in Scotland

08 Feb 2022

Staff recount ‘embarrassing’ situations that could be avoided, and the RCN joins the call f

07 Feb 2022

Nurse workforce had no spare capacity even before COVID-19 – which is w

07 Feb 2022

Paul Grayson admitted charges including sexual assault and voyeurism against patients and s

04 Feb 2022

Soaring gas and electricity prices mean many nurses will find it harder than ever to stay o

04 Feb 2022

A study reveals that nurses and healthcare staff are unable to wash their uniforms to NHS i

03 Feb 2022

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