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Lockers, what lockers? How workplaces fail to offer safe storage for your bags and bikes
Do you struggle to keep your personal belongings secure at work while you’re on shift?
09 Feb 2022
Overseas recruitment: government promises 10,000 nurses by end of March
Pledge is part of plan to tackle all-time high waiting list for treatment in England
09 Feb 2022
COVID vaccines for NHS staff: it’s your duty to be jabbed, chief nurse tells workforce
Ruth May joins Chris Whitty in letter of appeal to vaccine-hesitant nurses and other staff
09 Feb 2022
NHS pension protection extended for retired nurses who returned during pandemic
Suspension of pension abatement rules extended until October in Scotland
08 Feb 2022
Free period products at work would relieve anxiety and stress, say nurses
Staff recount ‘embarrassing’ situations, and RCN joins call for easy access to products
07 Feb 2022
Pandemic exposed over-stretched health and care system’s nursing shortage
Nurse numbers require urgent boost, which is why workforce plan is needed right now – RCN
07 Feb 2022
Sheffield theatre nurse pleads guilty to 17 sexual offences, but denies a further three
Paul Grayson’s charges included sexual assault and voyeurism against patients and staff
04 Feb 2022
To heat or to eat? The stark choice now facing many nursing staff
Find out about help available for those in financial hardship as soaring energy bills loom
04 Feb 2022
Lack of on-site changing forces nurses to wash uniforms at home despite infection risk
Need for on-site changing facilities compromises infection control standards, says study
03 Feb 2022
MMR vaccine: call for nurse-led catch-up drive as uptake among children lowest in decade
RCN also wants public education to tackle vaccine hesitancy and misinformation among parents
02 Feb 2022
Nurses vent fury over revelations in Sue Gray report on Downing Street lockdown parties
Nurses say PM must be held to the same level of accountability as healthcare professionals
02 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
COVID-19 jab no longer mandatory for front-line nurses as government announces U-turn
April deadline scrapped to make way for consultation amid worries over staff shortages
31 Jan 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
Thinly-spread nurses need to know a viable plan to boost their numbers is on its way
Hospital waiting times and catch-up services expose severity of nurse shortage
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
Overseas nurse recruitment: NMC promises registration will speed up
Employers complain process is too slow, but regulator pledges to make it faster and easier
26 Jan 2022