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Nurses and nursing students could get COVID-19 booster jab from September
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advises government to deliver booster jabs
01 Jul 2021
Nursing students targeted in registration scam
Universities warn of fraudulent requests for £1,400 fee to join NMC register
30 Jun 2021
Nursing staff who died in pandemic to be commemorated in multi-faith service
Online event is organised by members of the Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association UK
30 Jun 2021
ICU nurses take on Channel swim to raise money for children’s charities
Evelina London Children’s Hospital staff hope to raise £60,000
30 Jun 2021
Nurses win right to make unlimited flexible working requests
Unions agree deal aimed at ensuring better work-life balance for NHS staff
29 Jun 2021
Shift patterns: survey wants nurses’ views on what works for them
Researchers hope results will provide detailed picture of shift lengths and preferences
29 Jun 2021
New health and social care secretary must not insult us with 1% pay rise, say nurses
RCN urges Sajid Javid to ‘hold on to the fantastic nurses we’ve got’
28 Jun 2021
Childcare and flexible working: tribunal’s ‘landmark’ decision over dismissed nurse
Nurse’s employment appeal prompts tribunal to point to ‘childcare disparity’ women face
24 Jun 2021
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23 Jun 2021
Hancock accused of failing to credit nurses in vaccine rollout
Contribution of general practice nurses, rather than GPs, ‘should be made explicit’
23 Jun 2021
Hospital parking fine: nurse ‘absolutely disillusioned’ about possible court action
Deborah Das parked on a grass verge but says she can never find a parking space at her trust
22 Jun 2021
Urgent investment needed as learning disability nurse numbers stall
Dire shortage in England's NHS could be putting patients’ lives at risk, RCN says
22 Jun 2021
Hundreds of nurses who called charity helpline during pandemic had attempted suicide
Laura Hyde Foundation produces suicide prevention resource amid ‘mental health pandemic’
21 Jun 2021
Nursing uniform in England could be standardised next summer
Consultation shows majority of nurses back a common NHS uniform – with one clear favourite
18 Jun 2021
Nurse says celebrate NHS and ‘fight for its future’ at protests on its 73rd anniversary
Holly Turner urges staff to campaign for fair pay and patient safety on 3 July
18 Jun 2021
High-earning nurse convicted of sick pay fraud is spared jail
Band 8c nurse Sheila Loveridge gets 16-month suspended sentence for defrauding NHS of £38,500
18 Jun 2021
House prices rose six times faster than average nurse’s pay over past decade – report
Researchers say prospect of nurses getting on property ladder ‘now almost inconceivable’
17 Jun 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations to be mandatory for all nurses working in care homes
Staff will be given 16 weeks to be vaccinated or face redeployment or possible dismissal
16 Jun 2021