Andrea Downey
Nurses react angrily to decision to end free parking at hospitals
Reintroduction of parking fees waived during pandemic sparks furious reaction
Flexible working is essential at new hospital, union says
Heatherwood Hospital will address patient backlog, and RCN advises ways it can attract staff
Government unable to confirm if its 10,000 overseas nurses target has been met
Sajid Javid pledged to reach this figure by end of March to help address NHS workforce crisis
NMC to hold registration fee at £120 ‘as long as possible’
The decision comes as nurses face a struggle with rising living costs
Underpaid, undermined and under-recognised: exhausted nurses send clear message to NHS
NHS staff survey findings point to scale of burnout as nurses tell of intentions to quit
COVID-19 tests to remain free for nurses and other NHS staff
Staff in high-risk settings won’t need to pay after universal free testing ends, DHSC says
Nurse vacancies and failure to retain staff are our biggest worries, say trust leaders
NHS workforce gaps mean nursing staff are ‘working with one hand tied behind their back’
NMC temporary register: timetable for wind-down of pandemic nurse staffing contingency
Nurses who joined temporary register can apply for permanent NMC registration
Overseas nurses tied to jobs by demands for repayment of recruitment fees if they leave
Some employers even try to frighten nurses by threatening deportation if they try to move
‘We won’t pay’: nurses baulk at possibility of forking out £50 a month on COVID tests
Nurses have been left in limbo over rules on routine testing from 1 April
Cut in fuel duty not enough to help community nurses, RCN says
Nurses driving to see patients need additional payments and review of mileage rates, it says
All nurses to have training on learning disabilities and autism
Mandatory training requirement is added to a Bill now going through parliament
‘Crazy’ fuel hikes could drive us out of profession, say nurses
Patients could be put at risk if nurses unable to carry out frequent home visits, RCN warns
Healthcare support for Ukrainian refugees: guidance issued for NHS staff
Advice includes checklist for caring for those fleeing war and helping them access services
NHS pay: below-inflation rise (aka real-terms pay cut) ‘highly likely’
Nurses face losing out as chancellor grapples with competing pressures on public spending
New endometriosis nurses to improve care of chronic condition
Specialist posts to be funded by yearly £1 million investment for each health board in Wales
NHS pay: unions accuse RCN of weakening their negotiating position on 2022-23 pay award
Unison, Royal College of Midwives and others voice dismay at RCN’s break-away stance
Nursing and midwifery vacancies in Scotland reach record high
There were more than 6,000 unfilled nursing posts at the end of 2021