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Suicide risk: ‘deeply alarming’ rise in NHS staff seeking help as cost of living spirals

Charity figures released for World Mental Health Day show a 70% rise in NHS staf

10 Oct 2022
Cuppa conundrum: should I make tea for patients’ family and visitors?

Nursing student Freda sparked debate on social media when musing over tea-making etiquette

07 Oct 2022

Nurse speaks of her fear of getting through winter, working up to three extra shifts a mon

07 Oct 2022

Unison, which represents nurses, midwives and paramedics, calls on the health secretary to

07 Oct 2022

NHS Digital figures show that nearly 23,000 young nurses left the NHS in England between J

06 Oct 2022
Improving care and patients’ lives: 2022 RCN Nursing Awards winners revealed

RCN Nurse of the Year and 13 other award winners announced at ceremony in London, honoured

06 Oct 2022

Study suggests shift workers’ blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels improved

06 Oct 2022
Pay dispute: UK nurses asked to support industrial action as strike ballot opens

RCN urges its members to vote in favour of strike action after rejecting government’s belo

06 Oct 2022
Plan to hire hundreds of overseas nurses to cope with winter demand

Some 1,000 new NHS staff to be hired by Scottish Government this winter

05 Oct 2022
Warning for nurses who claim tax refunds

Unscrupulous repayment agents may take half your refund in fees, says H

05 Oct 2022

Mental health nurse Neneh Fofanah told NMC FtP hearing that she had an agreement with her

04 Oct 2022
Trial of nurse accused of murdering seven babies begins

Lucy Letby, who appeared briefly in court, denies murdering seven babies and attempting&nb

04 Oct 2022

Nurses are being recruited from four red list countries – Nigeria, Ghana

04 Oct 2022

More than 50,000 members are being asked to vote in favour of industrial action over ‘real-

03 Oct 2022

Majority of staff will see monthly salary fall under new scheme, with Unison saying nurses

03 Oct 2022

Sleep study expert suggests that the measure could be crucial to nurses’ sleep – espec

30 Sep 2022

Many express anger that money is being spent on international scheme rather than impro

30 Sep 2022

Research by NHS Providers reveals that two thirds of trusts are reporting a severe effect o

30 Sep 2022

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