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RCN council member resigns citing unprofessional behaviour, negativity and mistrust within the union
The news comes only weeks after a petition calling for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was passed by members.
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Prescribers told to warn to patients about the risks of opioid dependence and addiction
A treatment plan must be developed, setting out how long the treatment should last.
Number of NHS staff dying in service double that of previous years
Multiple sources now estimate that over 650 health and social care workers have now died of COVID-19.
Government fails to understand the needs of the nursing profession, finds report
The removal of the NHS bursary in 2017 signally "failed to achieve the Department’s ambition to increase nursing student numbers".
‘Thank you for everything – you hold a special place in the hearts of the people’, says NMC chief
Figures suggest that over six hundred health and social care workers have died with COVID-19.
Nurses ‘are under enormous strain every day of their working lives’
A new report has called for urgent action to improve the working conditions of nurses and midwives.
WHO extends the Year of the Nurse and Midwife into 2021
NHS England canceled the vast majority of planned celebratory events.
Action needed ‘now’ to protect nursing staff as second wave emerges
New national lockdown measures are expected to be announced by the Prime Minister within days.
Government to ‘honour brave NHS staff and care workers’ with bronze tree memorial
A bronze tree memorial will sit on a plinth bearing the names of the hundreds who have died.
Making patients pre-book A&E appointments ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
The pilot is designed to reduce crowding in A&E departments and prioritise those most.
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