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Education grants: a healthcare support worker practises phlebotomy
RCN Foundation invites applications for grants for nursing staff and support workers
28 Mar 2025
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Bodycam footage has shown a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital being ‘forceful and aggressive’ in her tone and approach to a patient
Footage shows nurse holding a patient face down and refusing to let them go to the toilet
25 Mar 2025
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Nursing student Zoe Bell died at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, from a rare and complex lung infection, including sepsis, pneumonia and influenza
Coroner says ‘continued learning’ to be undertaken by trust after Zoe Bell’s death
24 Mar 2025
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Nursing student loan forgiveness: young woman checks her finances using her laptop and calculator
Student loan forgiveness would make nursing a more attractive and viable career, report says
21 Mar 2025
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Risk assessment and falls: in October 2023 an inpatient at St David's Hospital in Cardiff, fell from his bed and experienced a fatal brain bleed
Coroner says evidence suggests staff lacked confidence in use of falls risk assessments
19 Mar 2025
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Nurse suspension: a band 5 nurse has been suspended for 12 months following a number of incidents during night shifts at Queen Alexandra Hospital neonatal unit
Emelyn Enad also left infant unsupervised and administered incorrect breast milk, panel told
18 Mar 2025
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Acute response team nurse supports ward-based colleague in ICU
Team of band 6-8a nurses set up after coroner criticised hospital over student’s sepsis death
14 Mar 2025
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In a survey almost 1,000 nurses said they would stop working in-house bank shifts if plans to reduce bank pay were enforced
Four NHS trusts to set bank pay at lowest point in AfC bands due to financial challenges
11 Mar 2025
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Caffeine reduction trial: two people drinking coffee
Care home trial saw some staff drop from 20 cups a day to none, with well-being benefits
07 Mar 2025
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06 Mar 2025
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Timing of insulin doses: patient was incorrectly given insulin after his meals
Diabetes specialist nurse’s concern over doses given after meals highlighted by coroner
05 Mar 2025
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Diabetes specialist nurse Susan Hamilton claimed a co-worker subjected her to ‘bullying tactics’ while they both worked at St Helier Hospital in south London
Nurse alleged bullying by co-worker and tribunal found trust ‘failed to take adequate action’
04 Mar 2025
Plain clothes infection prevention nurses assess if standards comply with WHO guidelines
27 Feb 2025
Coroner finds medical team failed to respond to concerns over patient deterioration
26 Feb 2025
Proposals would prevent managers with a record of poor performance from working in healthcare
25 Feb 2025
Nurse had been dishonest about his length of experience, and lacked insight into his actions
20 Feb 2025
Research finds higher pay for nurses and others in Scotland doesn’t help retain staff
18 Feb 2025
But trust claims ICU nurses could become deskilled by current lack of more complex caseload
17 Feb 2025

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