New poll reveals six in 10 nurses have been sexually harassed at work
More needs to be done to protect nurses against “sex pests”, a leading union has said after a poll found that six in 10 nurses have been sexually harassed at
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Requiring vaccination of care home workforce ‘reasonable’, says human rights watchdog
It is “reasonable” to legally require care home staff to be vaccinated against coronavirus, the UK’s human rights watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a
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New infection control guidance to protect NHS workers falls short – RCN
New infection control guidance to help keep NHS workers safe from Covid-19 “falls short”, leading nurses have said. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that the updated official Covid-19
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Body cams for paramedics to help crack down on thousands of attacks on frontline workers
Paramedics are to be fitted with body cameras in a bid to prevent thousands of attacks on frontline staff each year, officials have announced. Even as NHS workers risked their
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Refugee who works on NHS front line hits out at Priti Patel’s immigration plans
An NHS worker who has spent the pandemic helping save lives on a Covid-19 ward says Priti Patel’s immigration plans will see refugees like her turned away from the UK.
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Scientific adviser urges delay to June 21 target date for lifting Covid-19 restrictions
A scientific adviser to the Government has repeated calls to delay the June 21 lifting of pandemic restrictions by “a few weeks”, warning that the ability of coronavirus to adapt
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Government weighing up compulsory coronavirus jabs for NHS staff
Coronavirus vaccines could be mandatory for NHS staff under plans being considered by ministers. The Government has already consulted on whether to make jabs compulsory for social care workers and
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Care homes were ‘forgotten’ as coronavirus pandemic hit with managers ‘terrified’ at lack of testing
Care homes were “forgotten” during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic and it was wrong for ministers to claim a “ring of protection” was thrown around them, a sector
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Discharging hospital patients to care homes with no-test ‘like putting live explosive in tinder box’
Colleagues of Matt Hancock have flocked to his defence as the Health Secretary came under sustained pressure from the social care industry over the decision to discharge people from hospital
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Single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine approved for use by medicines regulator
A single-shot coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has been approved for use in the UK. The vaccine, developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical arm Janssen, has been shown to
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