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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
Nursing students are not part of COVID-19 workforce, RCN asserts
College says Scottish Government implies students on placements are ‘additional staff’
17 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
New COVID-19 self-isolation rules: what nurses need to know
Isolation period for people testing positive in England reduced to five days from 17 January
13 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
Struck off: mental health crisis nurse’s actions contributed to woman’s death, said NMC
Patrick McKee turned 22-year-old away from unit two hours before her death
12 Jan 2022
Military medics plug NHS staffing gaps in COVID-hit hospitals
‘Hurried’ NHS deployment points to depth of staffing crisis as COVID-19 absence spirals
07 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
I was bullied for wearing my cross: Christian nurse wins unfair dismissal case
Tribunal ruled NHS trust was inconsistent in its approach to staff’s faith symbols
06 Jan 2022
NHS needs 17,000 more nurses to deal with patient backlog
Lack of government plan to tackle record waiting lists, says former health secretary
06 Jan 2022
Positive lateral flow but asymptomatic? Rule change aims to get you back to work sooner
Asymptomatic nurses to no longer wait for PCR to confirm COVID-19 status before isolating
05 Jan 2022
New year’s honours recognise nurses’ efforts during COVID-19 and beyond
Vaccine workforce lead and suicide prevention programme innovator among those named
31 Dec 2021
Reduced isolation period for COVID-19: what nurses need to know
The government has cut the number of days to reduce strain on front-line services
22 Dec 2021
Chief nurse urges former NHS staff and students to join COVID booster teams
Ruth May says it is not too late to help deliver jabs as Omicron cases soar
17 Dec 2021
Hundreds of nursing staff who joined NMC’s COVID-19 temporary register never contacted
Survey suggests many nurses not practising as government renews call for retirees to join NHS
16 Dec 2021
Nurses exhausted and critical care close to capacity, matron warns MPs
Warning comes as NHS braces for ‘significant rise’ in Omicron admissions
14 Dec 2021
COVID-19 booster programme: how it will affect nursing staff
The government has brought forward the target for booster jabs by a month
14 Dec 2021