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Nurses' scrubs piled in protest against compulsory COVID vaccination of staff, outside Downing Street
Union demands compensation for staff penalised by vaccine mandate that is to be scrapped
01 Feb 2022
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Sajid Javid
April deadline scrapped to make way for consultation amid worries over staff shortages
31 Jan 2022
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Milder Omicron and worries over worsening staff shortage convince government to pull back
31 Jan 2022
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Lone nurse on hospital ward
Hospital waiting times and catch-up services expose severity of nurse shortage
31 Jan 2022
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Regulator outlines how it plans to conclude FtP cases more quickly – but can it succeed?
27 Jan 2022
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Analysis by Nursing Standard shows dramatic disparity when comparing current salaries
27 Jan 2022
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Overseas nurse with patient
Employers complain process is too slow, but regulator pledges to make it faster and easier
26 Jan 2022
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Sajid Javid tells MPs every nurse and other front-line health worker should be vaccinated
26 Jan 2022
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Nursing and Midwifery Council removed nurses who have misled the regulator in past five years

25 Jan 2022
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Lucy Letby attended a pre-trial hearing via video link from a prison in Surrey
25 Jan 2022
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Picture shows a nurse in a paediatric intensive care unit caring for a baby who has had surgery
Study found only one paediatric intensive care unit in UK operating at safe staffing levels
25 Jan 2022
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Entries invited for individuals and teams in 13 categories covering diversity of nursing
24 Jan 2022
Unions give evidence to NHS pay review body and demand action from ministers
24 Jan 2022

A fifth of more than 800 calls to Our Frontline support service made during pandemic

24 Jan 2022
Crisis in nurse numbers, and treatment backlogs give no grounds for complacency
20 Jan 2022
Payment for pandemic work is welcomed, but RCN wants talks on ‘a long-term pay structure’
20 Jan 2022
RCN says end of mandatory measures will ‘do nothing to relieve pressure on NHS’
19 Jan 2022

From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses

19 Jan 2022

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