Half of nurses will not work extended hours despite the Government’s demand for surgeries to open longer, according to a new poll.A survey for Independent Nurse found that 53% would refuse to work Saturdays and 44% would refuse to work weekday evenings or early morning shifts.Almost all nurses (96%) said the Department of Health should […]

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A 44 year old registered adult nurse who failed to disclose that she had been diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis has been struck of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for putting patients and colleagues risk.
Ms Elsie Maphanga, from Weston-Super-Mare, England was not present nor represented at the three day hearing in London when the independent […]

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Telling pregnant student nurses to buy their own uniforms is “outrageous” said UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union.
The Staffordshire University, Shropshire is telling students to buy their own leggings and tunics when they become pregnant, so they can carry out their work experience on the wards.
Gail Adams, UNISON Head of Nursing, said:
“I have never […]

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A Conservative peer who branded nurses “grubby, drunken and promiscuous” during a debate in the House of Lords faced a rebuke from David Cameron and fury from nursing leaders and ministers yesterday.  The Royal College of Nursing said Lord Mancroft’s comments were “grossly unfair on nurses across the UK” and amounted to a “sexist insult […]

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