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Social media drive aims to attract newly qualified nurses and shore up workforce

09 Mar 2021
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social care minister Helen Whately answered question in Commons about nurses" pay

Health secretary Hancock sends junior colleague to face Opposition in Commons

08 Mar 2021
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Picture shows a nurse at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital wearing a mask and apron.

Guidance fails to consider airborne infection as a key way the virus is transmitted, says RCN

08 Mar 2021
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A placard demanding fair pay for nurses displayed outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster

Fund would support members involved in industrial action as unions prepare for pay talks

07 Mar 2021
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chancellor Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street before heading to the Commons to deliver his budget

RCN accuses government of being dangerously out of touch with nursing staff and public

04 Mar 2021
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Picture of Margaret Waine, a healthcare assistant at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who has died from COVID-19

Margaret Waine remembered as a caring colleague known for tucking her patients in at night

04 Mar 2021
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Image from RCN’s #FairPayForNurses social media campaign day

Staff on AfC terms use social media campaign to demand inflation-busting deal

02 Mar 2021
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clinical team working in a pandemic situation requires innovative communication

Study asks nurses how COVID-19 has affected the functioning of clinical teams

01 Mar 2021
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Picture shows nurses recruited from overseas working at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
RCN cautions that change risks damaging health and care systems of developing countries
01 Mar 2021
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Picture of FFP3 face masks with Fang Tian brand whose use has been suspended by the DHSC.

Healthcare providers told to stop using certain FFP3 respirator masks, pending checks

26 Feb 2021
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RCN says not all adult service users on GP learning disability register
26 Feb 2021
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Tell Nursing Standard how the pandemic has affected your health at work 

25 Feb 2021

Study suggests work clothes should be washed on site to prevent contamination in homes

25 Feb 2021

Increase intended as stopgap, with Agenda for Change pay negotiations delayed

24 Feb 2021

Institute for Fiscal Studies says rising living costs and inflexible pay system to blame

24 Feb 2021

Mental health and well-being hubs offering staff confidential advice and support set to open

23 Feb 2021

Study will highlight people ‘cruelly and unfairly punished’ for providing care

23 Feb 2021

Pandemic recovery plans need to take account of nurses’ health and well-being

22 Feb 2021

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