RCN schedules 2021 vote on re-joining global nursing federation

Members of the Royal College of Nursing will be asked to vote next year on whether the college should re-join the International Council of Nurses. Ahead of the planned vote at its 2021 annual general meeting, the college is set to hold an engagement exercise…

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RCN row continues as petitioners complain of being shut out

The Royal College of Nursing presidential election row is continuing to rumble on despite promises of an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The college’s governing council announced yesterday that it would be calling an EGM in the near future to give members an opportunity to air…

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Europe will extend year of the nurse and midwife into 2021

The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife will be extended in Europe in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced. The a World Health Organization (WHO) had dedicated 2020 to nurses and midwives to showcase and celebrate the work of the…

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No patient safety without nurse safety, governments warned

Patient safety and the safety of nurses are “two sides of the same coin”, nursing leaders across the UK and globally have warned today. They are using this year's World Patient Safety Day to call for action and investment in order to protect nurse health…

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Consultation launched on extension of Welsh nurse staffing law

Plans to extend safe nurse staffing legislation in Wales to include children’s inpatient wards have taken a step forward, as a 12-week consultation is launched. The Welsh Government is now gathering views on changes to the law to include paediatric inpatient wards. “While we welcome…

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Further funds announced to control Covid-19 infections in care homes

An emergency support fund to help limit the spread of Covid-19 in care homes in England is being topped up with an additional £546m ahead of the winter. A key purpose of the Infection Control Fund is to help the care sector restrict the movement…

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Emergency meeting of RCN will ‘give members space to air concerns’

An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the Royal College of Nursing will be convened “soon”, the chair of the college’s ruling council has announced. Dave Dawes (pictured above) said the EGM would provide members with a space to air their concerns following a stormy few…

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‘Vital’ for nurses to take up flu jab this year, warns CNO

The annual call for health and care staff to take up the offer of a free influenza vaccination is more imperative than ever this year in light of Covid-19, England’s chief nursing officer has warned. With the first flu vaccine deliveries due to reach employers…

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Emergency care forms tweaked to make them more ‘patient-centred’

The process used to discuss and document an individual's emergency care wishes has been altered in order to make it more "patient-centred" and reduce the likelihood of "misunderstandings". The changes follow concerns raised during the coronavirus pandemic about the way decisions were being made about…

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Punishments to get ‘even tougher’ for people who attack nurses

Maximum prison sentences for people who assault nurses are set to be increased again, this time from one year to two, the government has announced. It follows the introduction in 2018 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act that made it a specific crime…

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World’s governments have ‘failed to prioritise’ nurses during Covid-19

Calls have been made for governments to address their “collective failure” to prioritise nurses during the coronavirus pandemic, as a new report reveals a “disturbing snapshot” of how health workers are being exposed to the virus and its associated risks. In a new report published…

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Covid-19 test results for care home nurses ‘consistently delayed and lost’

Care home nurses continue to struggle with access to coronavirus tests, with some reporting that results are “consistently delayed, inconclusive or even get lost”, according to a nursing union. The Royal College of Nursing has warned that, without proper testing and processes in place, the…

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Finalists of the 2020 Nursing Times Workforce Awards revealed

The people and organisations that have made the shortlist for the 2020 Nursing Times Workforce Awards has been announced today. We received over 100 entries, giving our judges a tough job to whittle these down into our shortlist across the award’s 15 categories. The event,…

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Giant sea turtle named in honour of nurses returned to ocean

A giant seagoing turtle that was rescued from a beach in the US in May, and named after Florence Nightingale, has been released back into the ocean after a full recovery from injury. As previously reported by Nursing Times, the turtle was found stranded and…

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Covid-19 risk in hospitals ‘lowest among intensive care staff’

The risk of Covid-19 infection among staff at the height of the coronavirus pandemic was lowest among intensive care clinicians, contrary to expectations, according to findings in one UK hospital. In contrast, coronavirus risk was found to be highest among acute and general medicine clinicians,…

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Nurses to raise funds for mental health unit with 100 mile walk

A pair of nurses have put on their walking boots and set off on what they have coined a ‘walk to recovery’, in a bid to raise money to improve patient activities at a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Sunderland. Tom Gardner and Ryan…

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‘More specialist midwives needed’ to support BAME women

Urgent changes must be made to ensure maternity care is safer for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women,  according to the Royal College of Midwives. In a motion at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference today, the RCM insisted that more specialist midwives…

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Nurses ‘continue fight’ for pay increase amid protest cancellations

Up to 3,000 nurses and health workers took part in a series of online and in-person pay protests across the country this weekend, despite several being cancelled because of the rise in coronavirus cases. Nurses both lined the streets and joined together virtually to continue…

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