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COVID-19: BAME nurses to receive priority testing at Somerset trust
Initiative seeks to counter disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BAME staff
27 Apr 2020
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Nurse-led innovation cuts staff exposure to COVID-19 patients
Streamlined assessments help reduce anxiety over infection risk and inadequate PPE
24 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: care home sector criticises Public Health England over conflicting PPE advice
Resuscitation Council says official guidance for CPR ignores expert consensus
24 Apr 2020
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Website problem for nurses trying to book COVID-19 test online
High demand forced government site to say ‘applications closed’ – will reopen tomorrow
24 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Boris Johnson’s nurses say praise helps raise profession’s profile
Nurses named by PM say it boosts recognition for nursing and insist others get same treatment
23 Apr 2020
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Calls for five-point plan to ensure nurses’ long-term safety and welfare
‘Care fit for carers’ report recommends 10% pay bonus for healthcare staff
23 Apr 2020
Helen Lockett will not be struck off after NMC ruling deemed ‘adequate’
Nursing and Midwifery Council’s 12-month suspension widely criticised as being too lenient
23 Apr 2020
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Death-in-service payments: nurses’ families need clarity, RCN tells Number 10
College writes to PM as tributes are paid to latest nurses to die in COVID-19 pandemic
22 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Nightingale ‘didn’t turn away patients due to lack of nurses’
Government says report that hospital rejected patients amid staff shortage is ‘misleading’
22 Apr 2020
New guidelines aim to increase understanding of advanced practice nursing
International Council of Nurses says COVID-19 pandemic means advanced roles are vital
22 Apr 2020
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Is a ‘culture of keeping quiet and working hard’ costing Filipino nurses their lives?
Social factors that may be putting Filipino nurses at greater risk from COVID-19
21 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: redeployment training is non-existent or inadequate, nurses reveal
The first of three surveys also shows the emotional toll on nurses of the pandemic
21 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: RCN condemns changes in PPE guidance
Advice to reuse gowns or use alternatives raises concerns over value placed on staff safety
20 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: call for minute’s silence to remember nurses who died in line of duty
Unions say event would be ‘poignant reminder’ of the risks staff face
20 Apr 2020
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Emergency department attendances tumble during pandemic
People with symptoms of strokes or heart attacks stay away due to virus fears or to help NHS
20 Apr 2020
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Reused, homemade or non-existent: survey reveals ‘gut-wrenching’ shortages of PPE
RCN says nurses in all settings feel exposed due to inadequate COVID-19 supplies
18 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: review will assess if ethnicity puts some healthcare staff at higher risk
Review will address concerns about BAME people being disproportionately affected by pandemic
17 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: daily welfare checks for self-isolating nurses address impact on well-being
Trust where hundreds of patients have died sets up psychological support for staff
17 Apr 2020