Stephanie Jones-Berry

Matt Hancock
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: health secretary draws fire for refusing to commit to future nurse pay rise

Nursing organisations say wage hike would ‘show who we really value’

nurse, Eyitolami Olaolorun, who died with COVID-29
Nursing Standard

Daughter of nurse who died in pandemic pours scorn on easing of lockdown rules

Don’t put nurses’ lives at risk of COVID-19, she tells public

Image of the Nursing and Midwifery Council plaque on its headquarters building
Nursing Standard

NMC announces further extensions to revalidation deadlines

Registrants due to revalidate later in 2020 can request extension due to COVID-19 pandemic

Pay freeze
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: unions’ anger over possible two-year pay freeze for public sector workers

Proposal in leaked Treasury document is ‘the exact opposite of what’s expected and deserved’

Picture shows a couple with Down's syndrome weating face masks. A nurse academic says figures on of learning disability deaths from COVID-19 are needed now to help prevent unnecessary deaths
Learning Disability Practice

COVID-19: leading nurse demands details of learning disability deaths

Nurse academic says figures are needed now to help prevent unnecessary deaths

The Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity fundraising message at Piccadilly Circus, London
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COVID-19: charity launches appeal to help shielded children stay at home

More equipment needed to help Roald Dahl nurses care for vulnerable children

White roses
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Actors urge public to show their gratitude on International Nurses Day

They can buy a white e-rose and shine a light on what is also Florence Nightingale’s birthday

PTSD for nurses
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PTSD levels among nurses deemed a ‘growing concern’

Study urges better understanding and measurement of post-traumatic stress disorder

Marion Mangalindan, a Filipino nurse unable to return to the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing Standard

Plea to help stranded Filipino nurses unable to fly back to UK during COVID-19 pandemic

Many of the UK registrants face losing their homes because they cannot get back to work

Emergency department waiting room full of people
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: call for social distancing in emergency departments

Royal College of Emergency Medicine says move would help to prevent avoidable deaths

woman and care worker wearing PPE masks
Nursing Standard

‘No PPE masks left for care homes or homecare staff’

Sector operators unable to compete with the NHS to procure face masks, care home owner claims

Image shows front-line nurse seeking advice from the RCN over inadequate personal protective equipment
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Inadequate PPE: RCN receives more than 100 calls from nurses refusing to treat patients

Nurses seek advice after refusing to treat patients

NHS Seacole Centre chief nurse Arlene Wellman, left, and Mary Seacole Trust chair Trevor Stirling  at the opening of the centre in Surrey 
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COVID-19: community hospital for recovering patients named after Mary Seacole

Naming of NHS Seacole Centre in Surrey pays tribute to BAME staff on the front line

Picture shows a child in a car touching the window and a woman outside the car touching it from the other side.  A mental health charity has seen a jump in calls for help from nurses whose well-being is affected by pressure of choices they have to make.
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: nurses report feeling guilt over decisions related to pandemic

Mental health charity says staff are feeling the pressure over choices at work and at home

two nurses standing together, checking paper records
Nursing Standard

Assess BAME healthcare staff for COVID-19 risk, NHS England tells trusts

Employers urged to take action to protect black and Asian nurses, amid health fears

Image shows a nurse receiving abuse from on her phone from online trolls
Nursing Standard

Nurses who raised concerns about lack of PPE targeted by online trolls

Some nurses report vicious, and often misogynist, online abuse

Minute's silence outside Salford Royal Hospital
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: nurses remembered in minute’s silence

People around the UK stopped to pay tribute to NHS staff and key workers

Priti Patel
Nursing Standard

COVID-19: ‘cruel’ health visa surcharge for overseas nurses is under review

Government to look at £400 fee overseas health workers pay to use NHS

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