Alison Stacey

Photo of nurses striking for better pay, illustrating story about one-off payment for nurses being extended
Nursing Standard

COVID bonus payment extended to social enterprises and others

Nurses delivering NHS services at councils and charities will also receive the bonus

Former prime minister Boris Johnson standing at a podium with Hands Face Space written on it during the COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID inquiry: fury at former PM’s reckless approach to lives of nurses and older people

Nurses angry as inquiry exposes government’s culture of misogyny and disregard for life

A nurse monitors a child’s pulse and blood pressure as they lie in a hospital bed
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New early warning system will prioritise parental concerns about deterioration

A new national standardised system monitors signs of deterioration in children

Two nurses discuss a file that one of them is holding
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Hospital handovers 'failing' patients with learning disabilities

Handovers are hugely varied, lack structure and are failing patients, says safety watchdog

A uniformed police officer standing outside a front door
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Police already refusing to attend mental health call-outs despite objections

Mental health advocates have expressed concern at the speed of the roll out

RCN chief nurse Nicola Ranger in House of Commons committee room while giving evidence to MPs
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Sexual assault at work: you’re no woke snowflake for reporting harassment

NHS must empower nurses to speak up and not feel they have to tolerate unwanted attention

Nurses picket Northern General Hospital in Sheffield during RCN pay strike in 2022
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Bank and social enterprise staff cut out of COVID bonus: ministers face legal battle

Court bid to secure one-off bonus for nurses on AfC contracts not employed by NHS trusts

General practice nurse nurse bandages a patient's hand and wrist – many practice staff may be waiting for this year's pay rise
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Delay in general practice staff’s salary rise exposes inequality in funding of nurse pay

‘Thousands’ of GPNs may not have received their promised money, unlike NHS counterparts

RCN officials sit behind desk facing unseen members of the Senedd health and social care committee
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Safe staffing law has improved nurses’ lives yet moves to extend it are stalling – union

Nurses’ leader calls for action to widen reach of legal nurse staffing mandate in Wales

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Job advert criticised for devaluing nursing with low pay band

NHS trust’s advert for clinical nurse specialist role was labelled band 6 rather than band 7

Countess of Chester Hospital sign in grounds. Police mugshot of Lucy Letby, inset
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Letby public inquiry will scrutinise actions of trust managers and nurse’s colleagues

Culture and conduct at Countess of Chester Hospital to be examined by Thirlwall Inquiry

Palestinians rescue usable items from the heavily damaged Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital building after bombing in Gaza City
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UK nurse leaders condemn unlawful bombing on Gaza hospital and call for reconciliation

Nursing leaders called for an end to the bombing saying: ‘Nurses must not be a target’

A female nurse looks downwards towards a window: a study is going to examine why female nurses are at higher risk of committing suicide
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Suicide study will unpick why female nurses are at higher risk

The Laura Hyde Foundation welcomed the project, hoping it will fuel prevention measures

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Do we really believe in long-COVID? Nurses condemn Boris Johnson’s ‘gaslighting’ remarks

Ex-PM’s bid to cast doubt on condition now revealed to UK COVID-19 Inquiry

Andrea Sutcliffe, chief executive of the NMC, which has appointed barrister Ijeoma Omambala to investigate ‘toxic culture’ claims
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NMC appoints barrister to review claims of institutional racism and mishandled FtP cases

Regulator names lawyer who will lead investigations sparked by whistleblower allegations

Photo of nurse Kayleigh Garcia with the man whose life she saved, Ste O’Grady
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Saving a man’s life in gym inspires nurse-led first aid course

Emergency nurse Kayleigh Garcia’s swift actions led to creation of training for public

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Labour says reform NHS – nurses say investment is what’s needed

Shadow health secretary says health service must ‘modernise or die’

A young woman with learning disabilities interacting with a healthcare professional while holding a jar of multicoloured straws
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Nurses invited to apply for £30k funded learning disability research study

RCN Foundation funds study into learning disability nursing’s impact on patient outcomes

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