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Ill-health retirement: NHS pension scheme
A guide for RCN members covering ill-health retirement under the NHS pension scheme.
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Can you help find the 14,000?
The number of men having potentially life-saving treatment for prostate cancer has been severely affected by the pandemic. Nursing staff can play a vital role in helping to reach them, says Emma
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Surviving a COVID coma
Mental health nurse Yaw is one of the tens of thousands of health and care workers who caught the virus. He shares his intense experience of being in a coma, ‘ICU psychosis’ and gradual recovery
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Administering time-critical medication
From diabetes to epilepsy, nursing staff work on a range of conditions that require time-critical medications. Here's what you need to know
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Bottom of the pile: why nursing staff need regular training in bowel care
Not understanding the importance of bowel care could be life threatening for some patients, so it’s time to debunk some myths, says Fiona.
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Long COVID: what do we know?
Thousands of health care workers are suffering with long COVID, also known as post-COVID syndrome. Nearly two years since the pandemic began, what do we know about it?
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Safe staffing: 'Government promise must be backed by action'
Part of the NHS pay offer in England is a commitment to developing a policy framework for safe staffing. Chair of the RCN Professional Nursing Committee Rachel Hollis considers the significance of this
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Menopause: the essentials for non-specialists
From symptoms to treatments, here’s what nursing staff need to know about menopause
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From chronic fatigue to long COVID
Senior nurse Natasha was already suffering from chronic fatigue when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. After she caught the virus, chronic fatigue services helped her manage some ongoing symptoms, but accessing specialist long COVID support hasn’t been as easy. Natasha tells us her story
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'False economy' to make ICB experts redundant, says RCN in response to the Health Secretary on NHS reforms
Executive Director of RCN England Patricia Marquis said: “Dismantling years of work takes thought and planning, but the government and NHS England have failed to appreciate the scale of the risk or to plan to mitigate these risks."
