Made-to-measure face masks: nurse working on prototype for healthcare staff
Universities helping to create reusable mask based on a scan of the user’s face
30 Nov 2020
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RCN disputes government claim to be on target for 50,000 more nurses in the NHS
Data shows rise of 14,813 nurses on last year, but also 36,655 FTE nursing vacancies
30 Nov 2020
RCN to launch review of how it is governed, after members’ vote
Two resolutions passed at extraordinary general meeting over disrupted presidential election
27 Nov 2020
ICU nurse’s rainbow mural honours colleagues’ work during COVID-19’s first wave
Mural incorporates names of staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ICU
26 Nov 2020
Chancellor’s spending review denies nurses early pay rise
RCN general secretary says Rishi Sunak has failed key workers he applauded earlier this year
25 Nov 2020
Uber offers free Christmas rides and meals for NHS staff
‘Helping hand’ for health and social care staff across the UK valid at Uber and Uber Eats
25 Nov 2020
Student attrition: why do nursing students leave their course before completion?
Call for strategy to get to grips with reasons for leaving and help tackle nurse vacancies
25 Nov 2020
COVID-19: tributes paid to nurse who died a year after leaving Caribbean to join NHS
Medway NHS Foundation Trust staff nurse Hannah Jackson died after contracting COVID-19
24 Nov 2020
Nurse in the running for inspirational businesswoman award
Julia Senah set up community care business after experiencing amnesia and partial paralysis
24 Nov 2020
Should COVID-19 vaccine be mandatory for nurses?
Nursing Standard’s Facebook debate reveals staff are divided on the issue
23 Nov 2020
UK chief nurses and NMC issue letter of support
Open letter warns of winter pressures adding to strain of pandemic’s second wave
23 Nov 2020
Give fair pay to nurses, RCN urges chancellor
Call for 12.5% pay rise comes ahead of next week’s spending review announcement
20 Nov 2020
RCN told to update its election rules following independent review
Report by QC says college should modernise election guidelines to reflect social media use
20 Nov 2020
COVID-19: nursing students asked to share their experiences of NHS placements
UK-wide COV-ed Nurse study looks at how well students were prepared for pandemic
20 Nov 2020
Coronavirus-positive and told to keep working on the wards
Asymptomatic nurses in US and Belgium are asked to care for patients with COVID-19
19 Nov 2020
COVID-19: trust offers new head coverings to meet needs of nurses
Innovation by ward manager prompts trust to offer staff head coverings with extra long ties...
19 Nov 2020
NHS staff in Scotland to receive new pay deal in recognition of pandemic efforts
First minister Nicola Sturgeon makes announcement during Scottish Trade Union Congress speech
18 Nov 2020
Portrait ‘sums up commitment of nurses’ during COVID-19 pandemic
Emergency nurse says painting of her in full PPE captures experience for many in first wave
18 Nov 2020