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Refusing COVID-19 vaccination will not place your NMC registration in jeopardy

Nurse regulator emphasises unvaccinated status is not grounds for fitness to practise

10 Feb 2022
Nurse-led programme redirecting patients from ED saves hundreds of clinical hours

Nurse and GP at London hospital triage arrivals and send any with minor

10 Feb 2022
Lockers, what lockers? How workplaces fail to offer safe storage for your bags and bikes

Hospital workplaces that lack secure lockers or cycle storage mean nurses feel forced to c

09 Feb 2022

Pledge is part of plan to tackle record waiting lists in England, but healthcare unions ur

09 Feb 2022
COVID vaccines for NHS staff: it’s your duty to be jabbed, chief nurse tells workforce

Chief nurse Ruth May joins Chris Whitty in multidisciplinary appeal to unvaccinated nurses

09 Feb 2022
Nurses asked to work more flexibly and remotely to tackle elective care backlog

Recovery plan for England promises massive rise in checks, tests and tr

08 Feb 2022

Suspension of pension abatement rules extended until October in Scotland

08 Feb 2022
Pandemic exposed over-stretched health and care system’s nursing shortage

Nurse workforce had no spare capacity even before COVID-19 – which is

07 Feb 2022
Sheffield theatre nurse pleads guilty to 17 sexual offences, but denies a further three

Paul Grayson admitted charges including sexual assault and voyeurism against patients and

04 Feb 2022
To heat or to eat? The stark choice now facing many nursing staff

Soaring gas and electricity prices mean many nurses will find it harder than ever to stay

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

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

02 Feb 2022

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

02 Feb 2022

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

02 Feb 2022

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

01 Feb 2022

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

01 Feb 2022

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

31 Jan 2022

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