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Patients dying alone amid hospital nursing shortages – RCN survey
The Royal College of Nursing said staff are often caring for dozens of patients at a time.
Constituency Profile: Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Boundary changes mean Sinn Féin’s Pat Cullen is expected to top the poll in a constituency that was decided by just 57 votes in 2019
More nurses are seeking help over suicidal thoughts, research shows
More than two-thirds of nursing staff contacting the RCN said workplace pressure was a key factor behind why they were seeking help.
RCN warns of declining numbers starting nursing degree courses
Increases needed will be impossible to deliver without a ‘serious and significant’ government intervention – report.
Next government urged to hold talks on nurses’ pay
A pay rise could be delayed until later this year, the RCN warned.
Failure to increase student nursing places ‘short-sighted and incomprehensible’
Student nursing places in Northern Ireland will remain at 1,025 for 2024/25 after being cut by 300 last year.
RCN accuses Sunak of making ‘misleading’ statements on nurses’ pay
The union said the Prime Minister continued to say that disputes had been resolved apart from the one involving junior doctors.
Royal College of Nursing members vote to reject pay offer
The RCN voted narrowly against accepting the offer, while other health worker unions voted to accept it.
Poverty hinders access to timely NHS care, think tank warns
The situation was described as a ‘cruel irony’ as one of the ‘founding principles of the NHS is that it is free at the point of need’.
People with learning disabilities ‘dying too young and from preventable causes’
The Nuffield Trust is calling for health checks and screening to be made more accessible to people with learning disabilities.