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Government proposes reforms to give it power to deregulate healthcare
White paper suggests health secretary could remove professional regulation and abolish...
18 Feb 2021
Nurse who tweeted about racist abuse receives award from trust
Staff nurse Aldarico Jr Velasco praised messages of support from the ‘virtual world’
17 Feb 2021
Nurses warned of tax avoidance schemes targeting agency staff
Those returning to help in COVID-19 effort also lured by schemes ‘too good to be true’
16 Feb 2021
Nurse jailed over patient deaths could have murder convictions quashed
Review points to possible natural causes in deaths of four older women from hypoglycaemia
16 Feb 2021
Community nurse used farmer husband’s tractor to reach patients in blizzard conditions
Charlotte Perry-Warnes did not let heavy snow stop her making home visits
15 Feb 2021
Colleagues pay tribute to respiratory nurse who died of COVID-19
Ameta Rooplal was ‘kind and compassionate’, and helped the homeless outside of working hours
15 Feb 2021
NHS revamp must boost nurse numbers, RCN demands
College says it will not let government ‘off the hook’ in proposed NHS reorganisation
15 Feb 2021
Nursing students inspire professor to rejoin COVID-19 front line
Alison Bardsley returned to wards for the first time in 30 years during the first wave
12 Feb 2021
Nurse shortages: lack of 10-year staffing plan is ‘ridiculous’, says Jeremy Hunt
Former health secretary suggests way to ‘give the workforce confidence’ in the future
12 Feb 2021
PPE provision ‘nowhere near enough’ in first wave and staff left at risk, say MPs
Committee urges government to learn lessons and improve management and distribution
11 Feb 2021
Much-loved district nurse dies after contracting COVID-19
‘Wonderful mentor and teacher’ Linda Obiageli Udeagbala worked for Sutton Health and Care
11 Feb 2021
Nurses assaulted by patient with COVID-19 – he pleads guilty
Jake Brinley-Chambers attacked two nurses caring for him in an attempt to leave ward
10 Feb 2021
COVID-19: healthcare assistant dies soon after giving birth
Tributes also paid to mental health nurse who died after contracting the virus
10 Feb 2021
Nurse who died of COVID-19 had longed to return to work and support colleagues
‘Caring and conscientious’ Estrella Catalan said ‘I want to help’ from her hospital bed
09 Feb 2021
Agency and social care nurses less likely than NHS staff to have had first COVID-19 jab
Nurses who haven’t received first dose tend to work outside health service, survey suggests
09 Feb 2021
COVID-19 vaccines safety study wants nurse participants
Drug Safety Research Unit aims to record side effects that can be linked to vaccinations
09 Feb 2021
‘Cheerful, hardworking and kind’ nurse dies of COVID-19
Colleagues pay tribute to Chris Buckingham who ‘truly reflected the core values of nursing’
08 Feb 2021
COVID-19: psychological distress higher for nurses than their colleagues – review
Examination of pandemic studies says mental health effects could last for up to three years
05 Feb 2021