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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh staff report long waits for shuttle bus and ‘feeling intimida

04 Feb 2022
Most nurses approve controversial update of post-registration standards, regulator says

Consultation shows majority see proposed changes to post-registration s

03 Feb 2022
Lack of on-site changing forces nurses to wash uniforms at home despite infection risk

A study reveals that nurses and healthcare staff are unable to wash their uniforms to NHS

03 Feb 2022
Money spent on the wrong PPE was enough to give every nurse a salary-size bonus

Billions spent on unusable safety equipment in the pandemic – while nurses continue t

02 Feb 2022
MMR vaccine: call for nurse-led catch-up drive as uptake among children lowest in decade

RCN also wants public education to tackle vaccine hesitancy among parents as more than one

02 Feb 2022
Nurses vent fury over revelations in Sue Gray report on Downing Street lockdown parties

Nurses react to report on Downing St parties, saying Boris Johnson and

02 Feb 2022
No COVID jab, no job: sacked staff deserve their jobs back, without legal wrangle

Nursing staff penalised by COVID-19 vaccine mandate should get compensation and their

01 Feb 2022

Regulator’s statement comes after nurses’ letter in December raised concerns about NMC’s a

01 Feb 2022

Mamello Herring was struck off the NMC register after causing ‘unwarranted harm’ to a care

01 Feb 2022
COVID-19 jab no longer mandatory for front-line nurses as government announces U-turn

COVID-19 vaccination won’t be a condition of employment in health and c

31 Jan 2022
U-turn expected on mandatory vaccinations for nurses and other front-line staff: reports

Milder Omicron and worries over staff shortage convince government to p

31 Jan 2022
Thinly-spread nurses need to know a viable plan to boost their numbers is on its way

Fully-funded nurse workforce strategy for England should be ministers’ urgent priority as

31 Jan 2022

Nurses’ stories of funny or embarrassing mishaps go to show that laughte

28 Jan 2022

International Council of Nurses highlights fragile state of global nursing workforce shorta

28 Jan 2022

Nurses facing torment of fitness to practise proceedings can feel left in limbo for years b

27 Jan 2022

Analysis by Nursing Standard shows dramatic disparity when comparing cur

27 Jan 2022

RCN Foundation and Deliveroo to provide educational grants to 200 nursing and midwifery sta

27 Jan 2022

Employers complain that the process is too slow, but regulator pledges to expand capacity t

26 Jan 2022

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