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End of life care at home: the front line forgotten in the pandemic
Hospice and community-based nursing care deserves more recognition and funding – Marie Curie
13 Apr 2021
Overseas nurses granted free automatic visa extensions
Eligible staff and their dependents to receive extra year as COVID-19 response continues
13 Apr 2021
Scottish pay deal: Unison advises nurses to accept 4% offer
Union urges members to vote for the deal while RCN and GMB hold out for bigger increase
12 Apr 2021
COVID-19 vaccine: nursing staff outside the NHS in longer wait for second jab
Gap in coverage between nurses working for the NHS and those in other sectors
10 Apr 2021
COVID-19: nurses’ video urges peers to ‘protect your patients’ and get vaccine
Nursing team also address concerns among people from minority ethnic backgrounds
09 Apr 2021
Pioneering safe staffing whistleblower nurse dies aged 91
Graham Pink's campaigning helped establish the protections whistleblowers receive today
08 Apr 2021
Candidates announced for 2021 RCN presidential election
Voting to take place via postal ballot and greater social media use permitted in campaigning
08 Apr 2021
Nurse training and education standards: is there anything you’d like to see change?
NMC survey asks for your views on issues including minimum entry requirements
07 Apr 2021
RCN urges nurses to help achieve UN’s goals on health and the environment
College marks World Health Day with call to support sustainable development goals
07 Apr 2021
Friend of nurse who died of COVID-19 wins nursing scholarship in her memory
Award will help clinical support worker to realise her career ambition to qualify as a nurse
06 Apr 2021
Call bells and sexism: what nurses say about gendered dress-and-cap symbols
Nurse prompts Twitter debate on impact of out-dated imagery on bedside buzzers
01 Apr 2021
RCN offers nurses ‘campaign’ training ahead of possible strike ballot
Online course will teach nurses how they can campaign for significant pay rise
01 Apr 2021
Unsafe in our ICU: more than 200 nursing staff call on trust to take action
Critical care staff prompt RCN’s written appeal over nurse-patient ratios and burnout
31 Mar 2021
Nurse pay and benefits: enough of the applause and empty plaudits, says think thank
IPPR warns that government must improve workforce strategy to retain healthcare staff
31 Mar 2021
NHS pay: can posters in windows change ministers’ minds on a 1% deal?
Unions urge public to show their support for a ‘proper’ pay increase for nurses
30 Mar 2021
Backdated holiday pay for NHS nurses: unions reach money deal over ‘historic error’
Nurses have been out-of-pocket after employers ignored regular overtime in payroll...
29 Mar 2021
Community nurses too ‘fatigued’ to respond to NMC consultation, QNI says
Nursing group doubts meaningful engagement with education revamp is possible amid pandemic
29 Mar 2021
Virtual fitness to practise hearings will continue beyond COVID-19, says NMC
RCN pledges to work with regulators to ensure virtual hearings maintain fairness
26 Mar 2021