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Nursing Times has collected information on a series of free virtual courses and resources that are relevant to the Covid-19: Are You OK? campaign and being offered by a variety of organisations, unions and charities. Among them is the RCN Foundation, which has created a…

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Guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) is not being changed despite protests from nurses, doctors and their unions. Influential unions have united with campaign groups in a call for stronger rules. But clinical leaders have said latest evidence suggested the current guidance on PPE did not…

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Almost half of intensive care staff in England reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depression or anxiety during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, a new study has shown. Researchers found that poor mental health was also more pronounced among nurses than doctors…

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A nurse who was threatened by colleagues for speaking out about care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has said bullying remains a “real problem” in the NHS. Helene Donnelly (pictured above) has told MPs that more than 10 years on from the scandal –…

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