Alison Stacey

Nursing Standard

Raising concerns in the NHS: Letby case shows the time for culture change is now

Urgent improvements nurses want to see, plus advice on whistleblowing and speaking up

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Mental health call-outs: concern over impact of reduced police attendance

Nurses could be left to plug gaps in services thanks to change in police policy

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Lucy Letby: police praise nurses who testified in distressing trial

Officers acknowledge the emotional impact on colleagues and witnesses

Liverpool Women's Hospital
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Lucy Letby: police review care of babies in Liverpool and Chester as inquiry is called

Independent inquiry will examine how clinicians’ concerns about nurse were handled

Lucy Letby
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Nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies

Jury also convicts children’s nurse of six attempted murders at hospital neonatal unit

Playwright El Blackwood and her friend, nurse Izzy Howes sit side by side. They collaborated on the play Tending, which is about NHS nurses
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Nurses’ lives inspire play premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe

Playwright drew on more than 50 nurses’ own words to explore the pressures NHS staff face

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Number accepted onto UK nursing courses falls 13%, prompting calls to scrap fees

NHS workforce plan ‘stumbles at first hurdle’ as nursing degree figures drop in every country

Sign for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which posted contentious job ad for nurses to join medical rotation
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NHS trust’s U-turn over job ad for nurses or AHPs to join medical consultant rotation

Trust apologises after doctor raises patient safety concerns over hyper acute stroke unit

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Anti-strike law: what does it mean and can I be compelled to work?

The power the legislation gives employers, and the implications for future strike action

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How will ambitious nursing student targets set in the NHS workforce plan be met?

Calls for more detail on how nursing degree places will be increased

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Flexible working: nurses urged to have their say on new rules for employers

A new code of practice will include changes to the law set for next spring

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What discounts can you get this summer as a NHS worker?

Take advantage of special offers, including holidays, meals and theatre trips

Photo of nurse yawning at work, illustrating story about NHS staff burnout
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Nurse burnout: ‘urgent action’ need to stop staff exodus

Report highlights 40% of nurses feel burned out at work and suggests solutions

Photo of district nurse caring for a patient in their home, illustrating a story about a fall in district nursing student numbers
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Crisis deepens in district nursing as student numbers fall

New data show a 9% decrease, raising concerns about community care

Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast
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High nurse vacancies, burnout and low morale found in overrun ED

Improvements ordered after catalogue of problems identified by inspectors

Two male police officers wearing Custodian police helmets and high vis reflective jackets in the street, their backs to the camera and looking at an incident
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Police not attending mental health call-outs ‘puts lives at risk’

Mental health nurse says unrealistic plan means more will die due to lack of correct care

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Nurse raises safety concerns after grandmother’s 14-hour ED wait

Hospital department described as ‘chaotic’ and overcrowded, with staff struggling to cope

A young woman sits at a desk in a test centre, with two others at desks behind her, taking a language test for internationally trained nurses
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Hundreds of nurses join register, thanks to language test changes

Relaxed NMC rules have allowed experienced staff out of ‘professional limbo’, says campaigner

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