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Boxer Ed Matthews after winning a middleweight fight in October 2023, and right: in hospital where he live-streamed on TikTok
Video prompts wave of support for nurse and renewed warnings about privacy and staff safety
22 Jan 2026
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Letby is currently serving 15 whole-life orders after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016
Cheshire police had submitted new allegations against former nurse on nine more infants
21 Jan 2026
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NHS fraud: former manager Alec Gandy has been jailed for more than two years for defrauding an NHS trust out of £123,090
Money Alec Gandy stole could have funded four nursing associates for a year, says trust
20 Jan 2026
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Single-sex changing room case adds to pressure for clearer policies across the NHS
19 Jan 2026
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Female external catheters: members of trial team
Nurse-led trial at trust saved more than 130 bed days and improved the patient experience
16 Jan 2026
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Blame culture: the Care Quality Commission has asked Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to make improvements after staff reported a ‘disconnect’ between them and leaders
Care Quality Commission tells trust there is an ongoing need for significant improvements
15 Jan 2026
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A vial of Botox with needle
Those who continue to advertise prescription medicines to the public may be struck off
13 Jan 2026
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Two patient deaths following falls at St George’s Hospital in London have been linked to inadequate nurse staffing levels
Two older men died one day apart after falls in understaffed emergency department 
12 Jan 2026
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NHS investigations: nurse appears distressed, holding her head and leaning against corridor wall
Employers’ processes are flawed and reflect blame culture, report says
09 Jan 2026
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Sex discrimination: a male HCA has been awarded nearly £35,000 in tribunal case against Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Stuart Smith felt unsafe due to practice of assigning violent patients to male staff
08 Jan 2026
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Prescription errors: Queen Elizabeth Hospital where Paula Hughes died after an overdose of paracetamol
Coroner criticises staff's ‘lack of professional curiosity’ and failure to mitigate harm
06 Jan 2026
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The Sam Young Innovation and Improvement Award remembers the former interim chief nursing officer at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Shropshire who died in June 2025
The first winner of the Sam Young Innovation and Improvement Award has been announced
05 Jan 2026
Reward for outstanding commitment to patients and the profession ‘a moment of great pride’
29 Dec 2025
Initiative sees care home staff shadowing hospital frailty specialists, and vice versa
19 Dec 2025
Nursing home manager threatened to send one nurse colleague 'back to India'
18 Dec 2025
A coroner has told an NHS trust it must make urgent changes
17 Dec 2025
This and other discount schemes offer a range of savings for healthcare staff and students
16 Dec 2025
Intensive care nurses at Bassetlaw Hospital strike again over hospital rotation plans
15 Dec 2025

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