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Nursing staff who work for a social enterprise, which delivers NHS care, are going on strike for a fourth time to demand they are paid the same as public sector nurses.

Tributes have been paid following the death of David Pugh, an inspirational and widely respected senior community nurse who led a national network for district nurses for more than a decade.

Community nurses at a social enterprise in the North East of England have gone on strike for a third time to demand pay parity with NHS colleagues.

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has published draft standards for health and justice nursing, community palliative and end-of-life care nursing, and community learning disability nursing.

Health leaders have welcomed a “long overdue” England-wide strategy for tackling six of the most common major medical conditions in the country, but say more detail – and haste – is needed.

The number of district nurses who have qualified with a specialist practitioner qualification (SPQ) has dropped by 6% in a year, new research has shown.