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What with the result of the US election and the promise of an effective Covid-19 vaccine, rightly or wrongly, I’ve been starting to feel more optimistic in some ways recently. That feeling has been buoyed this week by the fact that the nursing regulator has…

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We have asked employers around the UK to make a pledge to support the Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign. Health and social care staffing agency Local Care Force has made that pledge: Local Care Force supports the principles of the Nursing Times Covid-19: Are You…

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Fresh reports of nurses coming under attack by the public are emerging, as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic takes hold. The Royal College of Nursing warned that abuse of nurses was becoming a worrying “theme” of 2020 and added that it was “totally…

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Workload considerations will be crucial for general practice nurses facing the prospect of a major Covid-19 vaccination campaign on top of expanded influenza immunisation this winter, nursing leaders have warned. The government has indicated that the first Covid-19 vaccines could be being delivered in the…

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Prime minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to grant NHS nurses and their colleagues a pay rise before Christmas, as part of an ongoing campaign by 14 health unions. Those fighting for the move say it will help staff “feel valued” amid a second wave…

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The Royal College of Nursing has released the agenda for its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) due at the end of the month, which includes two resolutions for members to vote on. The online event is being held at the request of more than 1,000 members…

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The Nursing and Midwifery Council is being challenged over its plans to overhaul community nursing qualifications by leading organisations including the Royal College of Nursing and the Queen’s Nursing Institute, Nursing Times has learnt. They are among the nursing groups and networks that have raised…

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Tributes have poured in for a “dedicated and caring” mental health nurse in the North West who was “adored” by his patients, colleagues and friends. Paul Gaythwaite, a senior nurse practitioner who supported older people with mental health conditions in St Helens, died on Sunday…

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The nursing leader behind a campaign for a compassionate approach to care homes visiting during the coronavirus pandemic has said new guidance issued by the government does not go far enough. The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that visiting to care homes…

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An advert suggesting a staff nurse vacancy was open to nursing associate applicants has reignited concerns about the substitution of registered nurses for other professional groups. The advert for a band 5 staff nurse for the Wolverton sexual health centre at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation…

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