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Scottish health and social care secretary Humza Yousaf listens to a briefing by advanced nurse practitioner Amanda Bendoris during a visit to Falkirk Community Hospital in 2022
‘The voice of nursing is being heard’ says RCN, as Scotland seeks to resolve pay dispute
21 Feb 2023
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Kangaroo crossing road in Western Australia
Aussies aim to lure UK nurses as RCN strikes over pay and working conditions ramp up
20 Feb 2023
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Nurse using mobile phone. Nurses were asked if they would share their unique nurse PIN on social media
Nurses respond to question on Twitter, with most feeling it would be unwise to post online
20 Feb 2023
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RCN Scotland members campaigning for fair pay and safe staffing outside the Scottish Parliament in October 2022
Unison welcomes pay offer but demands similar progress in other UK countries
17 Feb 2023
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Strikers at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield
Cumulative real-terms pay loss totals £37,000 since 2010, TUC says
17 Feb 2023
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Court sketch of nurse Lucy Letby, who is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to murder ten others
Ms Letby reacts as doctor recounts care of boy she is alleged to have attempted to murder
17 Feb 2023
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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
RCN report calls for urgent pay rises and funding for career development to aid retention
14 Feb 2023
Tributes to nurses known for ‘kindness, empathy and enthusiasm’ who died in traffic accident
13 Feb 2023
RCN tears up agreement to protect hospital areas from strikes as Barclay refuses to budge
13 Feb 2023
Idea of qualifying faster by a move away from clinical placements threshold sparks debate
10 Feb 2023
The BBC show looks at early uniforms and stories from the Windrush generation of nurses
10 Feb 2023
Baby girl’s cries before death were ‘abnormal, a different kind of crying’, jury is told
09 Feb 2023

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