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Emergency department nurses say care ‘being compromised at every level’
RCN meeting in Northern Ireland hears of long waits for patients in corridors and ambulances
14 Mar 2022
Virtual placements for overseas students could help ease their transition to UK practice
Module to be used in Indonesia is tailored to nation’s system but based on NMC standards
14 Mar 2022
Vigilance against sepsis affected by pandemic, charity warns
UK Sepsis Trust says diagnosis and treatment hampered by crisis, calls for better training
11 Mar 2022
Reflecting on two years of the worst pandemic in nurses’ lifetime
Nurses share experiences of the first waves two years after WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic
11 Mar 2022
NHS pay: below-inflation rise (aka real-terms pay cut) ‘highly likely’
Nurses face losing out as chancellor grapples with competing pressures on public spending
10 Mar 2022
Call for flexible hours for all nurses returning after having children – report
Researchers say flexibility is key to retaining nurses and addressing staffing shortages
10 Mar 2022
New endometriosis nurses to improve care of chronic condition
Specialist posts to be funded by yearly £1 million investment for each health board in Wales
10 Mar 2022
Racism in the NHS: heartfelt plea by veteran nurse
Comments by retired nurse Zeba Arif come as health organisations endorse manifesto for change
09 Mar 2022
NHS pay: unions accuse RCN of weakening their negotiating position on 2022-23 pay award
Unison, Royal College of Midwives and others voice dismay at RCN’s break-away stance
09 Mar 2022
Nurse vacancies: don’t believe government hype, warns Lord
Lib Dem Lord Willis challenged health department’s 50,000 Nurse Progress report
08 Mar 2022
Nurse struck off for medication errors and failing to show any insight or remorse
Charge included issuing controlled drugs with no checker and giving unprescribed injection
08 Mar 2022
NHS pay: union demands inflation-busting rise worthy of a safety-critical profession
Only substantial salary uplift can stop exodus of nurses and protect patient safety – RCN
08 Mar 2022
Staffing crisis: we’re halfway to target of 50,000 more nurses, says government
But unions demand fair pay for nurses and a transparent health and care workforce strategy
07 Mar 2022
Nurse vacancies: publishing workforce projections ‘doesn’t go far enough’
RCN comments on House of Lords vote to request more regular staffing data from government
04 Mar 2022
Some nurses could earn more money working in a supermarket, MPs told
Poor pay just one of many reasons for staff shortages, a nurse tells parliamentary committee
04 Mar 2022
COVID-19: up to employers to rehire unjabbed staff who lost jobs
Government message follows scrapping of mandatory jabs for front-line health and care staff
03 Mar 2022
Group of nurses work round the clock to send supplies to refugees fleeing Ukraine
Nurses’ initiative sees outpouring of support, with lorry set to leave packed with donations
02 Mar 2022
PPE shortage: how nurses went into pandemic with barely a week’s worth of protection
Report confirms what staff feared about how soon supplies could run out, union says
02 Mar 2022