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Death-in-service payments: nurses’ families need clarity, RCN tells Number 10
College writes to PM as tributes are paid to latest nurses to die in COVID-19 pandemic
22 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Nightingale ‘didn’t turn away patients due to lack of nurses’
Government says report that hospital rejected patients amid staff shortage is ‘misleading’
22 Apr 2020
New guidelines aim to increase understanding of advanced practice nursing
International Council of Nurses says COVID-19 pandemic means advanced roles are vital
22 Apr 2020
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Is a ‘culture of keeping quiet and working hard’ costing Filipino nurses their lives?
Social factors that may be putting Filipino nurses at greater risk from COVID-19
21 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: redeployment training is non-existent or inadequate, nurses reveal
The first of three surveys also shows the emotional toll on nurses of the pandemic
21 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: RCN condemns changes in PPE guidance
Advice to reuse gowns or use alternatives raises concerns over value placed on staff safety
20 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: call for minute’s silence to remember nurses who died in line of duty
Unions say event would be ‘poignant reminder’ of the risks staff face
20 Apr 2020
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Reused, homemade or non-existent: survey reveals ‘gut-wrenching’ shortages of PPE
RCN says nurses in all settings feel exposed due to inadequate COVID-19 supplies
18 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: review will assess if ethnicity puts some healthcare staff at higher risk
Review will address concerns about BAME people being disproportionately affected by pandemic
17 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: daily welfare checks for self-isolating nurses address impact on well-being
Trust where hundreds of patients have died sets up psychological support for staff
17 Apr 2020
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No let-up in assaults on nurses, despite COVID-19 crisis
Assaults and aggression towards emergency workers, including spitting, unchanged since 2019
16 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Iceland backtracks on rules for NHS staff shoppers
Supermarket chain apologises after complaints it made front-line workers feel ‘contaminated’
16 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: thousands raised for baby of nurse who died from coronavirus
Nurse died after her baby was delivered by caesarean section at hospital where she worked
16 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: NMC moves to reassure registrants over refusal to treat due to lack of PPE
Regulator tells nurses it will consider context of safety concerns in FtP referrals
15 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: nurse survivor’s tribute to the hospital colleagues who saved her life
Morale boost for staff as they see one of their own leave ICU
15 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: warning against 'blanket' DNACPR notices
Regulators say advance care plans, which can include DNACPR notices, must be person-centred
15 Apr 2020
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Nurses can refuse to treat if they lack PPE, and we will support them – RCN
College issues guidance on the decision of last resort during COVID-19 pandemic
14 Apr 2020
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Call for formal recognition of nurses who die of COVID-19
Doctor wants nurses to be commemorated in the names of NHS hospital wards
14 Apr 2020