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Photo of nurse apprentice with patient, illustrating story about possible targeted apprenticeships in areas with largest nurse shortages
Health secretary Steve Barclay says ‘we need to grow our domestic supply’
21 Jun 2023
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Nurses on the picket line at Harrogate Hospital: the deadline for the RCN strike ballot is very near and many have not voted
Numbers are ‘very tight’ warns RCN chief as strike ballot deadline looms
21 Jun 2023
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England's health and social care secretary Steve Barclay in Downing Street
He insists unions agreed some pay-outs will be left to discretion of individual employers
20 Jun 2023
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Accused nurse was ‘calculated and devious’, prosecutor says in closing speech
20 Jun 2023
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Close up of a hands on a keyboard in front of a computer screen showing a staff rota being planned
Nurses who are compelled to work longer shifts have higher risk of burnout, study finds
20 Jun 2023
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Nurses’ anger at Boris Johnson and the conduct of lockdown-breaking political staff
19 Jun 2023
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Head shots of eight nurses who have been awarded honours in the King's birthday honours
Front-line staff, army nurses and educators among the many nurses honoured by the King
16 Jun 2023
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Photo of nurses striking outside the Royal Brompton Hospital in London
Poll finds 3% rise in support compared with similar poll in December
16 Jun 2023
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Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who is on trial for multiple murders
Jurors prepare to hear summing-up from barristers for the Crown and the nurse’s defence
16 Jun 2023
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Photo of hands being washed with soap, illustrating news that nurses can use milder soaps to kill many viruses
Study finds skin-friendly cleansers can stop viruses such as coronavirus and influenza
16 Jun 2023
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Nurses on a picket line holding placards at Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Nurse leaders warn that ‘unworkable’ two-tier pay award will push excluded nurses to quit
15 Jun 2023
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Two nurses look at a piece of paperwork at a ward-based work station: an Institute for Public Policy Research report suggests nurses’ time could be freed up if managers took on more admin
‘We need more nurses – end of,’ say Nursing Standard readers in response to IPPR report
15 Jun 2023
Ageing site had sewerage issues, and nursery flooded when cloth was forced down plughole
14 Jun 2023
Pay body exists in vacuum and risks disastrous repeat of disputes, Barclay is told
14 Jun 2023
Scotland has more than 4,000 nurse vacancies as workforce figures continue to fall
14 Jun 2023
Backing by Dublin for 200 university places in North, nurses can work both sides of border
13 Jun 2023
Glasgow Royal Infirmary nurses cannot park in the patient zone for longer than four hours
13 Jun 2023
Poor pay and retention combine to pile pressure on the over-stretched staff who stay
13 Jun 2023

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