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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
Left in FtP limbo: NMC pledges to cut the agonising waits that can blight nurses’ lives

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

27 Jan 2022
Nurses up to £3,600 worse off as wages fail to keep up with inflation over past decade

Analysis by Nursing Standard shows dramatic disparity when comparing cu

27 Jan 2022

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

27 Jan 2022

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

26 Jan 2022
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination: we’ll keep reviewing the rules, says minister

Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid insists COVID-19 policy will respond to new C

26 Jan 2022

Nursing and Midwifery Council removed nurses who have misled the regulator in past five ye

25 Jan 2022
RCN Nursing Awards 2022, a chance to showcase practice that makes a difference, now open

Categories cover the diversity of nursing, with RCN Nurse of the Year t

24 Jan 2022

Unions give evidence to NHS pay review body, and demand action from ministers on pay to he

24 Jan 2022
Mental health: helpline’s highest number of calls from nurses

A fifth of more than 800 calls to Our Frontline support service made during pandemic

24 Jan 2022
Back to redeployment: nurses told to expect weeks of disruption as staff absence soars

Staff and patients in acute and community services could see weeks of disruption as trust

21 Jan 2022

Additional payment for pandemic work is welcomed by staff, but the RCN wants to see ‘meanin

20 Jan 2022

Mandatory mask-wearing and other measures will end on 26 January, but the RCN says this wil

19 Jan 2022

From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses

19 Jan 2022

Expiry of emergency measures to attract retired nurses back to practice could soon mean bei

18 Jan 2022

NHS England sets out guidance for employers to redeploy or fire patient-

18 Jan 2022

College says Scottish Government announcement implies students on clinical placements

17 Jan 2022

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