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Coronavirus ‘can remain active on nurses’ uniforms for up to 72 hours’

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

Further pay boost for nurses in Scotland, as government announces interim rise

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

House price hikes led to 9,000 nurses leaving NHS acute care sector – report

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

Fresh help for NHS staff traumatised by pandemic

Mental health and well-being hubs offering staff confidential advice and support set to open

When nursing was linked with witchcraft – new research

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

Give exhausted nurses time out on top of their annual leave

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

Newly qualified nurse dies from COVID-19 before getting to start in new role

Father of four Oronsaye Okhomina was in a coma when NMC registration came through

COVID bonus call for agency nurses: more than 41,000 sign petition

All health and social care staff deserve government recognition, says campaigner

Nurses with long-COVID should get compensation, MPs say

Classifying long-COVID as an occupational disease would support front-line staff

Nursing course applications hit record high in UK

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

Government proposes reforms to give it power to deregulate healthcare

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

COVID-19 and staff well-being: share your experiences in Nursing Standard’s survey

Tell us how the pandemic has affected your health and well-being at work

Nurse who tweeted about racist abuse receives award from trust

Staff nurse Aldarico Jr Velasco praised messages of support from the ‘virtual world’

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’

Nurse jailed over patient deaths could have murder convictions quashed

Review points to possible natural causes in deaths of four older women from hypoglycaemia

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

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

NHS revamp must boost nurse numbers, RCN demands

College says it will not let government ‘off the hook’ in proposed NHS reorganisation

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