COVID-19 vaccines safety study wants nurse participants
Drug Safety Research Unit aims to record side effects that can be linked to vaccinations
09 Feb 2021
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‘Cheerful, hardworking and kind’ nurse dies of COVID-19
Colleagues pay tribute to Chris Buckingham who ‘truly reflected the core values of nursing’
08 Feb 2021
COVID-19: psychological distress higher for nurses than their colleagues – review
Examination of pandemic studies says mental health effects could last for up to three years
05 Feb 2021
Nurse training: students continue learning with ‘patients’ on virtual street
Virtual community helps students stay on course with practical learning despite lockdown
05 Feb 2021
More online nursing courses on offer this spring
Virtual learning seen to offer flexibility, with postgraduate and undergraduate options
05 Feb 2021
Pregnancy discrimination in the NHS: nurse wins compensation from trust
Line manager asked nurse to stop waiting for her antenatal appointment and return to work
04 Feb 2021
COVID-19: nurse dies after redeploying to intensive care
Nurse and senior theatre practitioner Terry Boston-Marsh remembered for ‘calm, kind nature’
04 Feb 2021
New standards for nurses entering care home sector
QNI's standards on clinical care and leadership intended to help support staff
03 Feb 2021
Fitness to practise: why nurses’ employers should cut down on NMC referrals
Regulator urges managers to avoid blame and deal with nurses’ performance issues locally
02 Feb 2021
One in four kidney cancer patients has no access to named nurse specialist
Poll also finds almost half of people with kidney cancer had a late-stage diagnosis
02 Feb 2021
‘Urgent action needed’ on staffing in children’s mental health services
Recruitment and retention issues existed pre-COVID and pressure on services is increasing
02 Feb 2021
Healthcare staff vaccination: lead by example and have the jab, say chief nurses
Nurses and colleagues have a duty to be immunised, urge health leaders in open letter
29 Jan 2021
Mental health nursing student dies of COVID-19
Mother of two Angella Naggayi was studying at Edinburgh Napier University
28 Jan 2021
COVID-19 survivor nurse holds her baby girl for the first time
New mum is reunited with daughter after 76 days in hospital
28 Jan 2021
Will there be a COVID bonus for NHS staff, prime minister?
Boris Johnson evades question with ‘inaccurate and demoralising’ statement on nurses’ pay
27 Jan 2021
All nursing students should be eligible for COVID-19 death in services payments
Unite says families of nursing students who die of COVID-19 in service should receive pay out
27 Jan 2021
RCN urged to make election policy clearer after disqualification controversy
Policy should be ‘clear and concise’ with a rethink of sanctions, finds independent review
27 Jan 2021
Higher COVID-19 death rate among nurses requires urgent investigation, says RCN
ONS reports higher death rates in healthcare staff compared with other working age people
26 Jan 2021