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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

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

Much-loved district nurse dies after contracting COVID-19

‘Wonderful mentor and teacher’ Linda Obiageli Udeagbala worked for Sutton Health and Care

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

COVID-19: healthcare assistant dies soon after giving birth

Tributes also paid to mental health nurse who died after contracting the virus

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

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

COVID-19 vaccines safety study wants nurse participants

Drug Safety Research Unit aims to record side effects that can be linked to vaccinations

‘Cheerful, hardworking and kind’ nurse dies of COVID-19

Colleagues pay tribute to Chris Buckingham who ‘truly reflected the core values of nursing’

Lockdown saw fewer BAME people attending emergency departments

Overall attendance fell as COVID-19 hit, but more so in certain ethnic groups

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

More online nursing courses on offer this spring

Virtual learning seen to offer flexibility, with postgraduate and undergraduate options

Pregnancy discrimination in the NHS: nurse wins compensation from trust

Line manager asked nurse to stop waiting for her antenatal appointment and return to work

COVID-19: nurse dies after redeploying to intensive care

Nurse and senior theatre practitioner Terry Boston-Marsh remembered for ‘calm, kind nature’

COVID-19: body of dead patient remained on ward for five hours due to short-staffing

CQC inspectors reveal what care looks like in a pandemic, with not enough nurses to go round

Fitness to practise: why nurses’ employers should cut down on NMC referrals

Regulator urges managers to avoid blame and deal with nurses’ performance issues locally

COVID-19: photograph starkly depicts stresses nurses are enduring

Picture of critical care nurses hugging during gruelling shift attracts global comments

Healthcare staff vaccination: lead by example and have the jab, say chief nurses

Nurses and colleagues have a duty to be immunised, urge health leaders in open letter

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