Shruti Sheth Trivedi

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‘General practice nurses need mandatory menopause education to meet women’s care needs’

GPN calls for boost to menopause support in primary care, in light of her own experience

Three nurses stand together at ward station. They appear busy
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Recruitment and retention wish list: the changes nurses say would help keep them

And you’ve guessed it… pay, safety, flexibility and career progression among top priorities

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and health and social care secretary Steve Barclay observe nurses at work
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NHS winter pressures: why aren’t more nurses at the meeting table?

Roundtable has one nurse representative, prompting criticism that meeting is ‘short-sighted’

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Martha’s rule: nurses could be key in helping patients and families get a second opinion

Ministers are looking at Australian care model that puts nurses at centre of process

Entrance signboard at Royal Preston Hospital
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Trust seeks £1m to ensure future safe nurse staffing levels

Funds will help cope with rise in demand and prepare for safe staffing at two hospitals

The reception area of the Blackpool Victoria Hospital: a nurse is in court for the ill-treatment and wilful neglect of patients there
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Nurse in court for ill-treatment and inappropriate sedation of patients

Catherine Hudson is on trial after a nursing student raised concerns

General practice nurse smiles as she consults patient – GPNs are to get 6% pay rise soon
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Promised pay rise for general practice nurses should hit bank accounts ‘shortly’

Government confirmed it is to put extra funding into GP contracts to reflect the pay award

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay speaking in the House of Commons
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Letby: freedom to speak up rights to be strengthened across NHS

Move prompted by delays in addressing concerns raised by whistleblowers about Letby

Students sitting in a row writing notes at a large desk, illustrating financial support announced for nursing students in Wales
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Undergraduate bursary in exchange for promising to stay in the NHS to be extended

Financial support scheme is confirmed for a further year after future had been uncertain

Young woman works on laptop – to illustrate RCN Foundation education grant scheme for nurses
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Apply now for an education and development grant to take your career to the next stage

RCN Foundation has awards for nurses, nursing associates, students and support staff

A photo of shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting with an inset picture of Lucy Letby: Labour vows to toughen up misconduct regulation for NHS managers
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Labour vows to get tough on NHS managerial misconduct in wake of Letby case

Managers will be disbarred for serious misconduct under Labour government, says Wes Streeting

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Nurse pushes for £25k compensation after unfair dismissal

Tribunal rules that research nurse Clare Jackson’s down-banding amounted to unfair dismissal

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Could a tuition fees scheme help nursing students to stay and cut attrition?

The need for better incentives and support for nursing’s next generation is pressing

Sister Kate Gordon with John the hedgehog
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Nurses rescue poorly hedgehog who wandered into emergency department

A hedgehog called John is on the road to recovery after being pampered by nurses

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Lucy Letby given whole life sentence

Nurse refuses to attend court to hear sentencing after murder convictions

Lucy Letby in a picture taken from an ‘open’ Facebook page
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Former head of nursing says she ‘lacked information’ to remove Letby from neonatal unit

Karen Rees says she was not given enough information to justify removing Letby earlier

From left, Pascale Jones from the Crown Prosecution Service, Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Evans and family liaison officer Janet Moore speaking outside court after nurse Lucy Letby was convicted
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Lucy Letby was ‘very skilled in brainwashing’ colleagues

Reviewing lawyer speaks of nurse ‘covering her tracks’ as she is found guilty

A signboard at the entrance of Canterbury Christ Church University
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Nursing student left in tears as university error blocks registration

Some 200 nursing students to be compensated after mixup prevents them starting jobs

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