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Knowing is not enough, we must APPLY. Willing is not enough, we must DO. -Bruce Lee

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Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill

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A problem is a chance for you to do your best. -Duke Ellington

Care home nurses to move to ‘risk-based’ mask wearing

Nurses working in adult social care settings in England are no longer required to wear face masks at all times and instead a “risk-based” approach should be taken, updated guidance has said. This week the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published new…

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Florence Nightingale Foundation appoints new chair

Nursing and midwifery charity the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) has appointed a new chair, it has been announced. Simon Gillespie will take on the role following the departure of Dame Yvonne Moores, who has been at the organisation for almost four years. Related article Chair…

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GMB rejects latest NHS pay offer in Scotland

Members of the GMB union in Scotland have voted to reject an improved pay offer from the Scottish Government. The union has called on Scotland’s health secretary to meet with members “urgently” before Christmas to discuss pay, warning that it still has strong mandates for…

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Student nurse fundraises for vulnerable babies in Mexico

A nursing student who spent time caring for babies who were drug-dependent and without parents in Mexico has raised hundreds of pounds to support the unit where she studied. Janelle Johnson, a mature adult nursing student at Kingston University, travelled to Guadalajara hospital in Western…

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‘Unsafe’ working conditions driving nurses to picket line

Nurses in Reading have told of the “precarious” and “unsafe” working conditions that have driven them to the picket lines today. Concerns over patient safety, worsening staff shortages, retention and pay were repeatedly cited by nurses stood outside Royal Berkshire Hospital on the Royal College…

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RCN president-elect warns nurses are ‘in poverty’

Nurses are “in poverty” and need to see significant improvements to their pay, the president-elect of the Royal College of Nursing has warned. Speaking from a picket line today in London, Sheila Sobrany told Nursing Times that she was attending the strikes in her personal…

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Nurse strikes: Governments express regret but no solutions

Government leaders have released statements warning of the “significant impact” nurse strikes tomorrow will likely have on health services, but are yet to put forward a resolution to the dispute. In what has been described as a historic moment for the college, nurse members of…

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Deputy CNO issues appeal to public ahead of nurse strikes

One of England’s deputy chief nursing officers has stressed it is “vital” the public continues to come forward for emergency care during nurse strikes over the next week. Professor Charlotte McArdle said strike action set to begin on Thursday would “cause inevitable disruption” to services,…

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International nursing body backs strikes by UK nurses

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has written a letter to the health and social care secretary in support of strike action by nurses in the UK. In an open letter to Steve Barclay, ICN chief executive Howard Catton called on the government to negotiate…

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Tongan nurse named next global chief nursing officer

The announcement of a new chief nursing officer (CNO) at the World Health Organization (WHO) has been welcomed by global leaders who have campaigned to protect the role. The WHO has this week named Tongan nurse and former health minister Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu…

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RCN adds extra strike exemptions after CNO intervention

The Royal College of Nursing has confirmed additional areas that will be exempt from strike action this month, following concerns raised by the UK’s chief nursing officers (CNOs) over patient safety. National exemptions, also known as derogations, have now been agreed for mental health and…

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GMB nurses in Liverpool to strike this month

Nurses are among those at an organisation in Liverpool who will strike this month, the union GMB has announced. Almost 300 workers at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, which provides specialist mental health services in the North West, will take strike action over pay. Staff…

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Two unions in Scotland accept improved pay offer for nurses

Members across two unions in Scotland have voted to accept an improved pay offer from the Scottish Government and have called off strike action. Both Unison and Unite said the move came with “a warning” for the Scottish Government, as their ballot results revealed that…

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Talks between RCN and Barclay fail to resolve nurses’ dispute

Nurse strikes organised by the Royal College of Nursing are set to go ahead this week after last-minute talks between the union boss and the UK Government failed to resolve the dispute. RCN general secretary and chief executive Pat Cullen accused ministers of walking away…

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New national ‘training passport’ for children’s cancer nurses

Children’s cancer nurses will now be eligible for a “training passport” proving that they have completed the complex training required for giving anti-cancer therapy to children. The systemic anti-cancer therapy passport (SACT) has been developed by the charities Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) and…

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