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COVID-19: autumn booster plan confirmed for front-line health and social care staff

As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, autumn booster vaccination plan is expand

22 Jul 2022
Nurses overlooked in DHSC learning disability and autism plan, says RCN lead

Strategy to get people with learning disabilities and/or autism out of mental health hospi

21 Jul 2022
Pay offer: nurses and unions react angrily, ballot on industrial action called

RCN calls on members to ‘turn the tide on low pay’ in upcoming ballot a

20 Jul 2022
Reaching nurse recruitment target will still leave huge shortfall

The NHS in England could still be thousands of nurses short even if the

20 Jul 2022

RCN members in England to be balloted on industrial action after below-inflation pay award

19 Jul 2022
Nurses accuse government of ‘emotional blackmail’ after it refuses to fund fair pay deal

Health leaders say they may have to decide between fair wages for staff or providing&

19 Jul 2022
Nurses expected to be offered 5% pay rise this week

NHS would need to find funds to help pay for the rise, but RCN warns th

18 Jul 2022

Ruth May tweets ‘it’s crucial’ that all care staff drink water at nursing stations and urg

18 Jul 2022

NMC consultation looks at relaxing entry requirements, whether students need specific

15 Jul 2022

RCN cites financial pressures and soaring inflation as university figures show the number

14 Jul 2022
Calls to rethink plan to scrap health and social care BTEC amid growing staffing crisis

NHS leaders call on education minister to rethink ‘reckless’ plan of scrapping BTEC qualif

13 Jul 2022
Government votes to allow agency staff to cover work of striking nurses

Unions warn government move will undermine patient safety and is damaging to nurses’ right

13 Jul 2022

Nurses' testimonies reveal rape threats, predatory line managers and misogynies as NHS staf

13 Jul 2022

RCN is asking nurses to reject the offer, which many feel doesn’t recogn

12 Jul 2022

May Parsons will accept the award from the Queen on behalf of all NHS England staff for cou

12 Jul 2022

Public support for nurses to strike over pay has risen to nearly 50%, sa

11 Jul 2022

NHS England leaders warn that without a boost in funding from the government, a pay rise fo

11 Jul 2022

With a background in finance, new health secretary Steve Barclay has limited experience of

06 Jul 2022

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