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Nurses should look out for ‘COVID toe’ in patients
The COVID-19 symptom can look like chilblains, nurse consultant says
Nurse contributors wanted for project showing skin conditions in BAME children
Skin Deep aims to improve the range of images available of dermatological conditions
Front-line healthcare staff at greater risk of COVID-19 than public, despite PPE – study
Reseachers recommend stricter protocols for social distancing among healthcare workers
Safe staffing: soaring nurse vacancy levels leave NHS counting the cost of agency cover
Reliance on agency staff is unsustainable, admits government in Northern Ireland
RCN announces candidates for president and deputy posts
Nurses can vote throughout September in a postal ballot, with the results due on 1 October
COVID-19: nurses must self-isolate on return to England from a high-risk country
Government removes blanket exemption for profession and introduces 14-day quarantine rule
COVID-19 risk: BAME healthcare workers study gets go-ahead
UK-wide project will explore how virus affects staff from minority ethnic groups
Furious nurses say no pay increase after COVID-19 work is ‘kick in the teeth’
Healthcare staff marched on Whitehall to demand a pay rise after risking their lives
Flexible working must become the norm, says NHS People Plan
Long-awaited retention and recruitment plan says NHS must build on change related to COVID-19
Fitness to practise: unions raise concerns over public access to virtual hearings
They warn that recordings from NMC proceedings could be posted on social media
Public back ‘significant’ NHS pay rise, Unison survey finds
More than two thirds think nursing staff should receive wage increase this year
Nurse numbers fall by 30% in adult social care in England since 2012
Skills for Care report ‘shows the impossible strain’ that nursing staff are under