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COVID-19 death in service pay-outs: urgent call for rethink as ministers abolish scheme
Nurses’ leader insists now is not the time to end financial support for bereaved families
01 Apr 2022
Government unable to confirm if its 10,000 overseas nurses target has been met
Sajid Javid pledged to reach this figure by end of March to help address NHS workforce crisis
01 Apr 2022
RCN rejoins International Council of Nurses after nine-year break
Opportunity for collaboration on key issues affecting nurses in the UK and worldwide
01 Apr 2022
NMC to hold registration fee at £120 ‘as long as possible’
The decision comes as nurses face a struggle with rising living costs
31 Mar 2022
Underpaid, undermined and under-recognised: exhausted nurses send clear message to NHS
NHS staff survey findings point to scale of burnout as nurses tell of intentions to quit
31 Mar 2022
Retired nurses and midwives targeted in ‘return to practice’ campaign
Health Education England shares inspirational stories to attract retirees
31 Mar 2022
Free hospital parking for NHS staff in England to be scrapped on 31 March
Unions say its removal will result in some nurses leaving the profession
30 Mar 2022
COVID-19 tests to remain free for nurses and other NHS staff
Staff in high-risk settings won’t need to pay after universal free testing ends, DHSC says
30 Mar 2022
Debate the nursing issues that matter at RCN congress 2022
Have your say at the college’s annual event, which will take place in Glasgow on 5-9 June
30 Mar 2022
Nurse vacancies and failure to retain staff are our biggest worries, say trust leaders
NHS workforce gaps mean nursing staff are ‘working with one hand tied behind their back’
29 Mar 2022
Overseas nurses tied to jobs by demands for repayment of recruitment fees if they leave
Some employers even try to frighten nurses by threatening deportation if they try to move
29 Mar 2022
‘We won’t pay’: nurses baulk at possibility of forking out £50 a month on COVID tests
Nurses have been left in limbo over rules on routine testing from 1 April
28 Mar 2022
RCN Nursing Awards 2022: more time to enter as deadline extended
You now have until 20 April to enter the awards that celebrate nursing excellence
28 Mar 2022
COVID-19: no let up as staff absences shoot up in just two weeks
Absences related to the virus shot up by nearly 60%, according to NHS England figures
25 Mar 2022
Nurses’ well-being: ‘burnout’ too gentle a term for mental distress
NHS medical director tells MPs radical action needed to improve nurses’ mental well-being
25 Mar 2022
Support nurses with menopause – or risk losing them, MPs told
Nurse says specialist advice and resources are vital as symptoms can often go unrecognised
24 Mar 2022
Cut in fuel duty not enough to help community nurses, RCN says
Nurses driving to see patients need additional payments and review of mileage rates, it says
23 Mar 2022
COVID tests: nurses left unclear on who will pay for testing as 1 April deadline looms
Failure to clarify testing policy for NHS staff leaves nurses concerned about test fees
23 Mar 2022