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COVID-19: what will the lifting of Plan B restrictions mean for nurses?
RCN says end of mandatory measures will ‘do nothing to relieve pressure on NHS’
Nurse tells of ‘insurmountable’ pressure to get jab or lose job
From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses
NHS pensioners who returned to practice in pandemic are to lose financial incentive
Return of abatement rule, suspended at the height of COVID-19, likely to spark departures
Compulsory COVID-19 jabs for nurses: stark rules on redeployment or dismissal set out
NHS England stance to redeploy or fire patient-facing nurses unvaccinated by April deadline
Nursing students are not part of COVID-19 workforce, RCN asserts
College says Scottish Government implies students on placements are ‘additional staff’
Shorter self-isolation time gets you back to work sooner – but is it worth extra risk?
Science adviser admits rule-change comes with risk, as RCN calls for nurse exemption
Nurse shortages in care homes ‘greater threat than COVID-19’
Provider’s warning as National Care Forum survey shows vacancies nearing 20%
PPE for COVID-19: free provision is extended to next year
Nurses should never be left to buy their own protective equipment, union insists
New COVID-19 self-isolation rules: what nurses need to know
Isolation period for people testing positive in England reduced to five days from 17 January
Mandatory vaccinations for nurses would be ‘sabotage’ amid staffing pressures, says RCN
College joins demands to delay making jabs compulsory from April for front-line staff
Free tickets to see Florence Nightingale-inspired ballet
English National Ballet’s show centres on a woman who becomes a nurse during the Crimean War
Nurses condemn Boris Johnson over lockdown party in Downing Street
Prime minister apologises for lockdown party as nurses take to social media to protest