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Stay informed about the latest COVID-19 news and what these developments mean for frontline nursing staff

NMC announces further extensions to revalidation deadlines

Registrants due to revalidate later in 2020 can request extension due to COVID-19 pandemic

14 May 2020

COVID-19: unions’ anger over possible two-year pay freeze for public sector workers

Proposal in leaked Treasury document is ‘the exact opposite of what’s expected and deserved’

13 May 2020

Boy dies of Kawasaki-like disease linked to coronavirus

Teenager had no co-morbidities but tested positive for COVID-19

13 May 2020

COVID-19: leading nurse demands details of learning disability deaths

Nurse academic says figures are needed now to help prevent unnecessary deaths

13 May 2020

Some care homes may not survive COVID-19

Anita Astle says pandemic has pushed her to the brink and her nursing home towards bankruptcy

13 May 2020

Forgotten nurses of the pandemic

While the NHS is hailed as heroic, other areas of health and care have felt ignored

13 May 2020

How to use your COVID-19 experience for reflective practice

Amid the upheaval of the pandemic, nurses can use reflection to process their experiences

12 May 2020

International Nurses Day: praise us as professionals not heroes, says chief nurse

Nurse leaders celebrate the profession under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic

12 May 2020

COVID-19: essential training is still possible

How to use distance learning to keep skills developing and morale boosted

12 May 2020

Boris Johnson pays tribute to ‘today’s Nightingales’ on International Nurses Day

‘We owe you more than words can say,’ prime minister says in tribute to profession

12 May 2020

COVID-19: psychological support for healthcare workers during and after the pandemic

How can we continue to ensure the psychological well-being of healthcare workers?

12 May 2020

International Nurses Day: what would Florence do on the COVID-19 front line?

The issues Miss Nightingale championed are echoed in the response to COVID-19

11 May 2020

International Nurses Day may be low-key, but we’ve never been more in the spotlight

COVID-19 has highlighted how vital the profession is – and how much investment is needed

11 May 2020

Free COVID-19 infection control guide for nursing and residential care homes

Infection Prevention Society outlines signs and symptoms – and how to prevent spread

11 May 2020

Inside NHS Nightingale: a nurse's diary...

A volunteer's account of her shift at the critical care temporary hospital in London

11 May 2020

Life in lockdown: how social distancing complicates existing mental health conditions

Mental health nurses discuss how the pandemic affects clients and disrupts services

08 May 2020

Nursing student recruitment to emergency register no longer needed

Regulator confirms it won’t resort to COVID-19 contingency plan to enlist extra students

07 May 2020

Plea to help stranded Filipino nurses unable to fly back to UK during COVID-19 pandemic

Many of the UK registrants face losing their homes because they cannot get back to work

07 May 2020

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