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A fifth of more than 800 calls to Our Frontline support service made during pandemic

24 Jan 2022
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Exhausted-looking nurse sits leaning her head against a wall
Crisis in nurse numbers, and treatment backlogs give no grounds for complacency
20 Jan 2022
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Payment for pandemic work is welcomed, but RCN wants talks on ‘a long-term pay structure’
20 Jan 2022
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Unmasked passengers on tube train
RCN says end of mandatory measures will ‘do nothing to relieve pressure on NHS’
19 Jan 2022
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From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses

19 Jan 2022
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Older nurse dons face mask, as NHS pensioners face return of pension abatement rule
Return of abatement rule, suspended at the height of COVID-19, likely to spark departures
18 Jan 2022
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Picture shows a nurse vaccinating another medic
NHS England stance to redeploy or fire patient-facing nurses unvaccinated by April deadline
18 Jan 2022
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College says Scottish Government implies students on placements are ‘additional staff’
17 Jan 2022
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A negative lateral flow test result for coronavirus
Science adviser admits rule-change comes with risk, as RCN calls for nurse exemption
17 Jan 2022
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Provider’s warning as National Care Forum survey shows vacancies nearing 20%

14 Jan 2022
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Isolation period for people testing positive in England reduced to five days from 17 January

13 Jan 2022
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College joins demands to delay making jabs compulsory from April for front-line staff
13 Jan 2022

English National Ballet’s show centres on a woman who becomes a nurse during the Crimean War

13 Jan 2022
Prime minister apologises for lockdown party as nurses take to social media to protest
12 Jan 2022
Turning to independent healthcare to support NHS will not address chronic staff shortfall
11 Jan 2022
Asymptomatic nurses won’t need PCR test in move to ease staff absences, free lab capacity
11 Jan 2022
Nurses on Twitter share reasons for being vaccinated and encourage others to do same
11 Jan 2022
The government is under pressure to clarify when it will scale down the testing system
10 Jan 2022

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