Anxiety, headaches and chest problems: sharp rise in nurse sickness since COVID-19
Winter well-being campaign aims to encourage staff to prioritise mental and physical health
05 Oct 2021
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Son of nurse who died with COVID-19 is among first to benefit from memorial bursary
Healthcare Workers’ Foundation distributes education grants to children of deceased NHS staff
04 Oct 2021
Nurses refusing COVID-19 jab will not face threat of fitness to practise proceedings
Staff uptake of vaccine is a local issue for healthcare employers to address, insists NMC
30 Sep 2021
Nurses to be balloted on next steps in dispute over Scottish Government’s 4% pay offer
RCN Scotland will hold an indicative ballot of members
29 Sep 2021
Nurse uniforms survey: have you changed your laundry habits since the start of COVID-19?
All healthcare staff asked to share their views in a confidential survey
29 Sep 2021
Struck off: nurse who tried to cover up incident that left patient with head injury
Glenda Grafton was aggressive to patient, and her dishonesty was of the ‘most serious kind’
29 Sep 2021
Prioritise nurses at petrol pumps or patient care will suffer, warn nursing chiefs
Petrol distribution crisis has prompted panic buying, preventing nurses from doing their jobs
27 Sep 2021
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Last chance to have your say in the Nursing Standard-Marie Curie survey
Survey focuses on nurses’ experiences of end of life care during COVID-19
24 Sep 2021
Simulated learning hours set to play bigger role in students’ clinical practice
NMC proposals would allow up to 600 hours to count towards requirements
24 Sep 2021
Flu vaccination: incentives and on-site jabs trialled to boost care home staff uptake
Only 33% of social care staff in England had the voluntary vaccine in 2020-21
23 Sep 2021
Kenyan government denies it will receive cut of nurses’ salaries as part of UK deal
Unemployed Kenyan nurses will come to work in NHS to boost numbers
22 Sep 2021
Unlimited flexible working requests for nurses after NHS rethink on work-life balance
Move is part of an expanded flexible working policy hoped to improve staff retention
21 Sep 2021
‘Under pressure like never before’: Northern Ireland calls on 100 army medics
Request comes after two trusts issued appeals for exhausted nurses to take on extra shifts
20 Sep 2021
Unison members join RCN colleagues in rejecting 3% pay rise
Overwhelming opposition will prompt further Unison ballot on industrial action
20 Sep 2021
Staff COVID-19 booster vaccination programme: what you need to know
Nurse in Wales becomes one of the first people in the UK to receive a booster vaccine
17 Sep 2021
We say NHS pay award is unacceptable – verdict of clear majority voting in RCN ballot
Union weighs options as it urges ministers to ‘do the right thing’ for staff on AfC contracts
15 Sep 2021
NMC frauds: the 11 bogus registrants whose cases tricked the nursing regulator
Regulator moves against sham nurses, after one was able to practise for two decades
13 Sep 2021
Last chance to have your say on proposed 3% pay award
RCN members in England and Wales have until 13 September to cast their vote
10 Sep 2021