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A placard demanding fair pay for nurses displayed outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster

Fund would support members involved in industrial action as unions prepare for pay talks

07 Mar 2021
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chancellor Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street before heading to the Commons to deliver his budget

RCN accuses government of being dangerously out of touch with nursing staff and public

04 Mar 2021
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Whipps Cross Hospital in London, where nurse Jeyran Panahian-Jand was victimised for raising racism concerns

Barts Health ordered to pay bank nurse whistleblower £26,000 – and give her shifts

04 Mar 2021
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Picture of Margaret Waine, a healthcare assistant at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who has died from COVID-19

Margaret Waine remembered as a caring colleague known for tucking her patients in at night

04 Mar 2021
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Image from RCN’s #FairPayForNurses social media campaign day

Staff on AfC terms use social media campaign to demand inflation-busting deal

02 Mar 2021
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clinical team working in a pandemic situation requires innovative communication

Study asks nurses how COVID-19 has affected the functioning of clinical teams

01 Mar 2021
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Picture shows nurses recruited from overseas working at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
RCN cautions that change risks damaging health and care systems of developing countries
01 Mar 2021
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Picture of FFP3 face masks with Fang Tian brand whose use has been suspended by the DHSC.

Healthcare providers told to stop using certain FFP3 respirator masks, pending checks

26 Feb 2021
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Tell Nursing Standard how the pandemic has affected your health at work 

25 Feb 2021
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Study suggests work clothes should be washed on site to prevent contamination in homes

25 Feb 2021
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Increase intended as stopgap, with Agenda for Change pay negotiations delayed

24 Feb 2021
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Institute for Fiscal Studies says rising living costs and inflexible pay system to blame

24 Feb 2021

Queen’s Nursing Institute calls for more investment in district nursing service

23 Feb 2021

Study will highlight people ‘cruelly and unfairly punished’ for providing care

23 Feb 2021

Pandemic recovery plans need to take account of nurses’ health and well-being

22 Feb 2021
Classifying long-COVID as an occupational disease would support front-line staff
19 Feb 2021

Inspiring COVID-19 work of staff has been ‘best possible advert for nursing profession’

18 Feb 2021

White paper suggests health secretary could remove professional regulation and abolish regulators

18 Feb 2021

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