News
All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾.
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27 Sep 2023
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ calls for urgent investment in nursing as vacancies rise in Wales
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ publishes new data showing a reliance on agency nursing and staff working thousands of extra hours every week.
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27 Sep 2023
COVID inquiry: ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ makes submissions in preliminary hearing
We’re asking for long COVID to be recognised in disability law and for health care workers with ongoing health issues to be properly compensated.
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26 Sep 2023
Members working for CQC say pay award is acceptable
Backdated payment is expected in October, but ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ will now explore CQC’s wider commitments.
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21 Sep 2023
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ launches new definition of nursing
The nursing profession has evolved over the past few decades and is the largest profession in health and social care. As such, we’ve updated our definition, so it reflects the complexity, range of skills and huge responsibility of registered nurses and is relevant for the wider nursing workforce.
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19 Sep 2023
Minimum service level regulations: ‘government should focus on investing in the nursing workforce’
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ responds to plans to consult on having minimum service levels during strikes, which could mean nursing staff being forced to work or risk losing their job.
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13 Sep 2023
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ signs NHS sexual safety charter
We’ve joined other health organisations in committing to a zero-tolerance approach to harmful sexual behaviour in the workplace.
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12 Sep 2023
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ leads crucial discussion on nursing suicide prevention
Experts came together at ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ HQ to discuss the urgent issue of suicide prevention among nursing staff and launch a new toolkit to reduce suicide in the NHS workforce in England.
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11 Sep 2023
New pay award vote for members working for CQC
Members are urged to review the award in full before voting online.
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6 Sep 2023
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ UK Students Committee elections now open
Help shape the future of the ¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ by putting yourself forward for 1 of 9 student vacancies.
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5 Sep 2023
Crumbling concrete: nursing staff must be briefed and properly protected
¹úÄÚ¾«Æ·ÒÁÈ˾þþþø¾ urges health care employers to urgently assess risk of collapsing buildings, as NHS tells hospitals in England to prepare to implement evacuation plans.