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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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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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1 Jun 2018
Northumbria learning representative takes tea with the Queen
RCN learning rep Sheryle Miller attended Buckingham Palace Garden Party as part of an RCN delegation on 31 May.
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23 Jan 2018
NHS reveals staffing crisis in new recruitment figures
NHS figures published this morning show that seven out of ten nursing vacancies remain unfilled in the North East.
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