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12 May 2025
Durham nursing support worker recognised with highest RCN honour
Durham nursing support worker Kevin Morley has been recognised with an RCN Award of Merit, the highest honour for voluntary service for the Royal College of Nursing.
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22 Apr 2025
NHS trust condemned for cutting holiday pay
RCN Northern region criticises the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) for plans to cut holiday pay and increase costs for its staff.
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26 Mar 2025
No to unfair parking scheme: Yes to better parking solutions
Staff at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are worried about the trust’s recent decision to impose a new car parking system from this summer, changing providers to ParkingEye, removing barriers from car parks and installing an automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) system.
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4 Jun 2024
Teesside nurse recognised with highest Royal College of Nursing honour
Teesside nurse Roaqah Shaher has been recognised with the RCN Award of Merit, the highest honour for voluntary service for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
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20 Dec 2023
North Tees and Hartlepool to upband and backpay 100s of band 2s in collective bargaining success
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has become the third trust in the Northern region to commit to upbanding eligible band 2 health support workers to band 3, to reflect the increasing importance of the role and the value of this staff group’s contribution to patient care.
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6 Nov 2023
Band 2 uplift negotiations underway after job evaluation reveals unfair pay
Negotiations are underway to upband and backpay all band 2 support workers who have been delivering work at band 3 level at 2 Teesside trusts in the region.
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19 May 2020
Serious concerns over inadequate fit testing at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
The RCN has raised serious concerns after an admission by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust that it failed to adequately fit test respirator masks worn by its theatre staff over a five-week period, subjecting them to serious danger.
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14 May 2020
A royal thank you to mark International Nurses' Day
A prominent nursing figure from the North East received an unusual phone call to mark International Nurses’ Day.
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20 May 2019
Cumbria's Karen Dutton receives RCN Award of Merit
Karen Dutton, a Clinical Educator at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the RCN’s Award of Merit at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) annual Congress in Liverpool.
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18 Sep 2018
Victory for NHS staff as trust axes plans to transfer them to subsidiary company
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has decided against transferring 500 estates and facilities staff to its wholly owned subsidiary company.
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