Dropping face mask recommendation for health settings described as dangerous

Report contradicts ministers and says double-digit pay rise would hardly affect inflation

Council will have the ability to increase them over the next five years, under AGM resolution

Health unions win legal challenge to law allowing temporary staff to cover nurses’ shifts

Leavers and lack of recruitment mean rise in avoidable admissions and delayed discharges

Procession features nurse carrying George Cross honouring NHS staff for their dedication

NHS celebrates 75th birthday but as always the need for more nurses remains a pressing issue

Prosecutor says the accused nurse lied when she said she did not remember baby who died

Health secretary Steve Barclay says ‘we need to grow our domestic supply’

Accused nurse was ‘calculated and devious’, prosecutor says in closing speech

Poll finds 3% rise in support compared with similar poll in December

Jurors prepare to hear summing-up from barristers for the Crown and the nurse’s defence

‘We need more nurses – end of,’ say Nursing Standard readers in response to IPPR report

Scotland has more than 4,000 nurse vacancies as workforce figures continue to fall

Nurses are being ‘strong-armed’ by managers despite strike mandate, says RCN’s Pat Cullen

Latest figures shine a spotlight on issue affecting many NHS staff

Bid to plug staffing gap with fast-track training could backfire, say overstretched students

Making students qualify in just 30 months could mean inferior education, say critics