Andrea Downey
Nurse vacancies: publishing workforce projections ‘doesn’t go far enough’
RCN comments on House of Lords vote to request more regular staffing data from government
From the COVID-19 front line to Olympic curling champion
Nurse Vicky Wright won gold in Beijing and says the sport helps her cope with work pressures
Scrapping COVID rules would be gung-ho and a leap in the dark, say health leaders
Will you feel safe at work with no fresh guidance on infection prevention and control?
Government rejects calls to address nurse burnout and shortage
Unions say government focus is on cost ‘above all else’ instead of NHS workforce
Unions condemn refusal to introduce safe staffing law on nurse-patient ratio in England
Onus will remain on employers at local level despite legislation in other UK nations
NHS pay ballot: have nurses moved one step closer to taking industrial action?
Resounding vote by RCN members in Northern Ireland’s NHS makes their discontent clear
Give staff with long-COVID chance of redeployment ahead of dismissal – NHS guidance
NHS England says trusts should seek alternative roles for staff on long-term sick leave
PM’s ‘reckless’ plan to scrap COVID regulations causes concern for vulnerable groups
Nurses left with no clear guidance over infection risks and self-isolation changes
Refusing COVID-19 vaccination will not place your NMC registration in jeopardy
It’s up to nurses’ employers to address vaccine hesitancy, insists regulator
Nurse-led programme redirecting patients from ED saves hundreds of clinical hours
Emergency department trial in London has saved around 450 clinical hours in first two months
Overseas recruitment: government promises 10,000 nurses by end of March
Pledge is part of plan to tackle all-time high waiting list for treatment in England
Intensive care nurses in Oxford to lose pay premium due to ‘inequities’
Nurses at John Radcliffe Hospital reportedly disheartened but no one has complained to RCN
Scottish nurses furious over pandemic thank-you payments to highly paid council staff
Thousands of the £500 payments went to council staff far from front line, GMB union says
Most nurses approve controversial update of post-registration standards, regulator says
Proposed changes seen as fit for purpose and they now go to NMC for approval
COVID-19 jab no longer mandatory for front-line nurses as government announces U-turn
April deadline scrapped to make way for consultation amid worries over staff shortages
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination: we’ll keep reviewing the rules, says minister
Sajid Javid tells MPs every nurse and other front-line health worker should be vaccinated
Inflation-proof pay rise for nurses might ‘persuade many burnt-out staff to stay’
Unions give evidence to NHS pay review body and demand action from ministers
COVID-19: what will the lifting of Plan B restrictions mean for nurses?
RCN says end of mandatory measures will ‘do nothing to relieve pressure on NHS’