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Nurses warned of tax avoidance schemes targeting agency staff
Those returning to help in COVID-19 effort also lured by schemes ‘too good to be true’
16 Feb 2021
NHS revamp must boost nurse numbers, RCN demands
College says it will not let government ‘off the hook’ in proposed NHS reorganisation
15 Feb 2021
Nursing students inspire professor to rejoin COVID-19 front line
Alison Bardsley returned to wards for the first time in 30 years during the first wave
12 Feb 2021
PPE provision ‘nowhere near enough’ in first wave and staff left at risk, say MPs
Committee urges government to learn lessons and improve management and distribution
11 Feb 2021
COVID-19: healthcare assistant dies soon after giving birth
Tributes also paid to mental health nurse who died after contracting the virus
10 Feb 2021
Nurse who died of COVID-19 had longed to return to work and support colleagues
‘Caring and conscientious’ Estrella Catalan said ‘I want to help’ from her hospital bed
09 Feb 2021
Agency and social care nurses less likely than NHS staff to have had first COVID-19 jab
Nurses who haven’t received first dose tend to work outside health service, survey suggests
09 Feb 2021
‘Cheerful, hardworking and kind’ nurse dies of COVID-19
Colleagues pay tribute to Chris Buckingham who ‘truly reflected the core values of nursing’
08 Feb 2021
COVID-19: psychological distress higher for nurses than their colleagues – review
Examination of pandemic studies says mental health effects could last for up to three years
05 Feb 2021
More online nursing courses on offer this spring
Virtual learning seen to offer flexibility, with postgraduate and undergraduate options
05 Feb 2021
Pregnancy discrimination in the NHS: nurse wins compensation from trust
Line manager asked nurse to stop waiting for her antenatal appointment and return to work
04 Feb 2021
COVID-19: nurse dies after redeploying to intensive care
Nurse and senior theatre practitioner Terry Boston-Marsh remembered for ‘calm, kind nature’
04 Feb 2021
New standards for nurses entering care home sector
QNI's standards on clinical care and leadership intended to help support staff
03 Feb 2021
Fitness to practise: why nurses’ employers should cut down on NMC referrals
Regulator urges managers to avoid blame and deal with nurses’ performance issues locally
02 Feb 2021
COVID-19: photograph starkly depicts stresses nurses are enduring
Picture of critical care nurses hugging during gruelling shift attracts global comments
01 Feb 2021
Hospital PPE: the badges that show the human face of healthcare in the pandemic
Nurses wear stickers printed with their smiling faces to put patients at their ease
29 Jan 2021
Mental health nursing student dies of COVID-19
Mother of two Angella Naggayi was studying at Edinburgh Napier University
28 Jan 2021
COVID-19 survivor nurse holds her baby girl for the first time
New mum is reunited with daughter after 76 days in hospital
28 Jan 2021