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Mayday! Report shows Croydon hospital requires improvement

Croydon’s largest NHS hospital has for the second time in less than three years been given a “requires improvement” rating by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission. In the report, the inspectors found that some patients had to wait more … Continue reading

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Royal College calls on student nurses to help its jobs campaign

The Royal College of Nursing has issued an appeal to third-year students to join its campaign to help more graduating nurses secure proper employment, including with the hospital where they have done their training. Inside Croydon reported last week of … Continue reading

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Student nurses left ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ by NHS Trust

As government launches its 10-year plan for the NHS, newly qualified nurses are being turned down for jobs at the hospital where they have spent the past three years training Around 100 student nurses staged a demonstration outside Mayday Hospital … Continue reading

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London Chief Nurse urges careful planning over bank holidays

With a slew of bank holidays coming up in the coming month, the capital’s Chief Nurse is urging Londoners to plan your health needs carefully. The first bank holiday is May Day on Monday, but there’s also a 48-hour strike … Continue reading

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14 NHS workers’ unions boycott ‘non-independent’ review body

Fourteen trades unions representing more than 1million nurses, ambulance staff, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and others working in the NHS in England, have today announced that they are withdrawing from the NHS Pay Review Body process. One union leader has … Continue reading

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NHS issues advice for ambulance and nurses’ strike days

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