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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
Over half of Scottish nurses feel like quitting over work pressures, RCN survey shows

Mounting pressures mean many nurses are working beyond their contracted

26 Jan 2022

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

25 Jan 2022
Chester hospital deaths: nurse charged with murder of eight babies appears in court

Lucy Letby, also accused of the attempted murder of a further ten babies, attended a pre-t

25 Jan 2022
Alarming shortage of specialist nurses seen at paediatric intensive care units – report

Lack of specialist nurses meant only one paediatric intensive care unit

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
Compulsory vaccination: NHS staff protest in Trafalgar Square over mandatory COVID jabs

NHS nurses march in London ahead of mandatory deadline for COVID-19 vaccination that means

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
Emergency department nurses start using body cameras to deter violence against staff

Trial of body cameras in emergency department at Oxford hospital is aim

21 Jan 2022
NHS staff absence and critical COVID cases down, but do you feel pressure lifting yet?

Nurses remain under intense pressure with absence from work still high, and no prospect of

20 Jan 2022

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

20 Jan 2022

Rebecca Logan tells MPs she relocated in the hope she ‘can be believed and treated’

20 Jan 2022

Survey finds nearly 70% of young people applied to pursue nursing career inspired by pandem

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