Your step-count: could you be walking the length of a marathon every week at work?
Survey of front-line health and emergency workers found nurses among those who walk miles
01 Mar 2022
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‘Nurse’ job title needs protection, campaigners say in complaint to statistics agency
Demand for ‘registered nurse’ to be used in official data for safety and to avoid confusion
23 Feb 2022
NHS pay ballot: have nurses moved one step closer to taking industrial action?
Resounding vote by RCN members in Northern Ireland’s NHS makes their discontent clear
15 Feb 2022
No COVID jab, no job: sacked staff deserve their jobs back, without legal wrangle
Union demands compensation for staff penalised by vaccine mandate that is to be scrapped
01 Feb 2022
U-turn expected on mandatory vaccinations for nurses and other front-line staff: reports
Milder Omicron and worries over worsening staff shortage convince government to pull back
31 Jan 2022
Left in FtP limbo: NMC pledges to cut the agonising waits that can blight nurses’ lives
Regulator outlines how it plans to conclude FtP cases more quickly – but can it succeed?
27 Jan 2022
Nurses up to £3,600 worse off as wages fail to keep up with inflation over past decade
Analysis by Nursing Standard shows dramatic disparity when comparing current salaries
27 Jan 2022
Nurse tells of ‘insurmountable’ pressure to get jab or lose job
From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses
19 Jan 2022
Compulsory COVID-19 jabs for nurses: stark rules on redeployment or dismissal set out
NHS England stance to redeploy or fire patient-facing nurses unvaccinated by April deadline
18 Jan 2022
Shorter self-isolation time gets you back to work sooner – but is it worth extra risk?
Science adviser admits rule-change comes with risk, as RCN calls for nurse exemption
17 Jan 2022
Mandatory vaccinations for nurses would be ‘sabotage’ amid staffing pressures, says RCN
College joins demands to delay making jabs compulsory from April for front-line staff
13 Jan 2022
Impending vaccine mandate is not what under-pressure NHS staff need, ministers told
Forcing jabs on unvaccinated staff will only exacerbate long-term staffing crisis – TUC boss
10 Jan 2022
Pay: top CEOs earn more than 100 times the salary of the average nurse
Unions say figures show ‘something fundamentally wrong with British society’
07 Jan 2022
Loneliness and mental health struggles at Christmas: staff urged to seek support
Winter pressures and shift schedules can affect well-being, but support is available
13 Dec 2021
University team wants nurses’ input on protective gown designs
Ever thought your personal protective equipment could be better designed?
09 Dec 2021
Get your booster, urges nurse who delayed jab due to hesitancy
Toyin Oladotun administered COVID-19 vaccine for months before getting first jab
08 Dec 2021
New short films show ‘what a great profession nursing is’
Promotional videos show newly qualified nurses talking of pride in their new career
07 Dec 2021
What you need to know about Omicron variant of COVID-19
Front-line staff facing greater pressure with expansion of booster jab programme
02 Dec 2021