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BMA calls for tougher custodial sentences following violence against Manchester GP staff
Government must tackle ‘wave of growing abuse’ against GPs and practice staff
Unlimited flexible working requests for nurses after NHS rethink on work-life balance
Move is part of an expanded flexible working policy hoped to improve staff retention
‘Under pressure like never before’: Northern Ireland calls on 100 army medics
Request comes after two trusts issued appeals for exhausted nurses to take on extra shifts
Unison members join RCN colleagues in rejecting 3% pay rise
Overwhelming opposition will prompt further Unison ballot on industrial action
Staff COVID-19 booster vaccination programme: what you need to know
Nurse in Wales becomes one of the first people in the UK to receive a booster vaccine
We say NHS pay award is unacceptable – verdict of clear majority voting in RCN ballot
Union weighs options as it urges ministers to ‘do the right thing’ for staff on AfC contracts
NMC frauds: the 11 bogus registrants whose cases tricked the nursing regulator
Regulator moves against sham nurses, after one was able to practise for two decades
Last chance to have your say on proposed 3% pay award
RCN members in England and Wales have until 13 September to cast their vote
Unions warn against compulsory COVID and flu jabs for healthcare staff
Mandatory vaccines could destroy fragile morale and further deplete the workforce
Could you be that nurse this small but famous island, population 50, needs?
Job advertisement promises a holistic band 6 role and (literally) remote working
Sirens to ring on 9 September to remember emergency workers who have died by suicide
Charity wants nurses to use event to promote suicide prevention
End of life care survey: share your experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic
Marie Curie and Nursing Standard team up to uncover nursing staff’s views on end of life care