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An ambulance with lights flashing on a busy road
Effort to cut ambulance journeys could see nurses talk to patients who make emergency calls
16 Feb 2023
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Rossendale Nursing Home in Lancashire, where two residents died and the nursing home manager pleaded guilty to causing avoidable harm
Caroline Taylforth had been charged with two counts of causing avoidable harm
16 Feb 2023
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A group of nurses holding a discussion
Nurses who fled their home country and lack key documents will be vetted in other ways
15 Feb 2023
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Raigmore Hospital with signboard in front of building
Lack of nurses meant vulnerable patient did not receive care he needed despite staff requests
15 Feb 2023
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Artist’s sketch of Lucy Letby in the dock at Manchester Crown Court
Baby with unexplained seizures is one of ten the nurse is accused of attempting to murder
14 Feb 2023
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Rachel Hext, a nurse diagnosed with long-COVID, featured in a BBC Panorama programme on COVID payments being cut
Parliamentary group says failure to offer nurses support will lead to more NHS tribunals
14 Feb 2023
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Many nurses are leaving the profession years before retirement age
RCN report calls for urgent pay rises and funding for career development to aid retention
14 Feb 2023
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Tatiana Brandão (left) and Raquel Moreira died in a traffic accident near the Grand Canyon in Arizona on 3 February
Tributes to nurses known for ‘kindness, empathy and enthusiasm’ who died in traffic accident
13 Feb 2023
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Strikers at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield on 15 December 
RCN tears up agreement to protect hospital areas from strikes as Barclay refuses to budge
13 Feb 2023
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A nurse and nursing student on clinical placement talk at ward computer as nurses debate idea of reducing practice hours
Idea of qualifying faster by a move away from clinical placements threshold sparks debate
10 Feb 2023
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The BBC show looks at early uniforms and stories from the Windrush generation of nurses
10 Feb 2023
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Nurse Lucy Letby, who is accused of multiple murders and attempted murders of babies in her care at Countess of Chester Hospital
Baby girl’s cries before death were ‘abnormal, a different kind of crying’, jury is told
09 Feb 2023
Outspoken MP says no one earning £35,000 a year should need to rely on a food bank
09 Feb 2023
Applications for undergraduate courses have fallen for a second consecutive year
09 Feb 2023
University Alliance suggests nursing students should be allowed to qualify on competency
08 Feb 2023
Regulator finds lapses including failure to calibrate scales used to weigh patients
07 Feb 2023
New cancer education and skills framework aims to develop nursing staff at all levels
07 Feb 2023
Staff begin further day of action in bid to put pressure on ministers over NHS pay talks
07 Feb 2023

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