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Priti Patel

Government to look at £400 fee overseas health workers pay to use NHS 

28 Apr 2020
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Larni Zuniga

Unions hope the moment at 11am will bring together ‘a sombre but g

27 Apr 2020
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PPE in care homes

Resuscitation Council says official guidance for CPR ignores expert consensus

24 Apr 2020
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Picture of ward sister Jenny McGee and intensive care nurse Luis Pitarma, who say praise for them by prime minister Boris Johnson boosts recognition for the profession.
Nurses named by PM say it boosts recognition for nursing and insist others get same treatment
23 Apr 2020
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Dame Donna Kinnair, general secretary of the RCN
College writes to PM as tributes are paid to latest nurses to die in COVID-19 pandemic
22 Apr 2020
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Picture shows an empty bay at London’s Nightingale Hospital. A newspaper report that 50 patients were rejected by the London temporary hospital was called misleading by the Department of Health and Social Care

Government says report that hospital rejected patients amid s

22 Apr 2020
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Two nurses training as Advanced Nurse Practitioners

International Council of Nurses says COVID-19 pandemic means advanced r

22 Apr 2020
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nurse who appears to be of Filipino origin leans towards female inpatient who is having oxygen therapy

Social factors that may be putting Filipino nurses at greater risk from COVID-19

21 Apr 2020
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Picture shows a medic in protective gear. Advice to reuse gowns or use alternatives has raises concerns over safety of staff.

Advice to reuse gowns or use alternatives raises concerns over value pl

20 Apr 2020
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Man observing a minute's silence

Unions say event would be ‘poignant reminder’ of the risks staff face

20 Apr 2020
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PPE survey

RCN says nurses in all settings feel exposed due to inadequate COVID-19 supplies

17 Apr 2020
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BAME staff
Review will address concerns about BAME people being disproportionately affected by pandemic
17 Apr 2020

Trust where hundreds of patients have died sets up psychological support for staff

17 Apr 2020

Assaults and aggression towards emergency workers, including spitting, unchanged since 2019

16 Apr 2020

Supermarket chain apologises after complaints it made front-line workers feel ‘contaminated’

16 Apr 2020
Nurse died after her baby was delivered by caesarean section at hospital where she worked
16 Apr 2020

Morale boost for staff as they see one of their own leave ICU

15 Apr 2020

Regulators say advance care plans, which can include DNACPR notices, must be person-centred

15 Apr 2020

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