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Photo of sunny swimming pool in Saudi Arabia, just one of the benefits of a nursing role at a new hospital

Staff can apply for posts at a new hospital that promises good money as well as plent

28 Mar 2023
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Nurse wearing PPE at patient’s bedside in ICU at St George’s Hospital in London during the COVID-19 pandemic

Uptake of financial support scheme for health workers’ dependents lower than pandemic deat

27 Mar 2023
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Nurse relieved to be granted exemption from tunic-only dress code as she struggled with ho

27 Mar 2023
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Illustration of clock going forward in spring, which may mean nurses on night shifts get paid for the lost hour

British Summer Time begins at 1am on Sunday, so check with your employer about pay, and re

24 Mar 2023
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Mental health nurse Michael Turner also locked his colleague in a room and gave her medica

24 Mar 2023
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Nurses voice their anger about former prime minister’s evidence to parliament about pandem

23 Mar 2023
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Senior doctors resisted nurse’s return to her duties unless CCTV cameras were installed at

23 Mar 2023
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is exploring a scheme where nurses paid 10% of th

23 Mar 2023
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The RCN is urging members to vote yes for the newly negotiated pay offer in the ballot,&nb

22 Mar 2023
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Photo of nurse Lucy Letby who is on trial: she is reported to have described caring for infants who did not require critical care as ‘boring’, her murder trial was told

A senior nurse has said that Lucy Letby, who is on trial for murder, was reluctant to work

21 Mar 2023
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Unidentifiable woman standing in front of the flag of Scotland places 'Yes' vote in ballot box as RCN members in Scotland vote to accept NHS pay offer

Union tells SNP government the ‘narrowly agreed’ pay deal in Scotland will not be enough t

21 Mar 2023
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Illustration of a tick against a 'No' box, as cross-union group calls for nurses to reject new pay offer

NHS Workers Say No group says new offer ‘will do little to address the long-term recruitme

20 Mar 2023

Senior nurse Tara Iles, who set up the initiative, wanted nursing and other healthcare staf

20 Mar 2023

Government will not increase its spring budget to pay for it, raising concerns the money wi

17 Mar 2023

Poll of 2,750 Nursing Standard readers on Twitter revealed 89% did not think the pay offer

17 Mar 2023

The brothers died on consecutive days while under the care of the nurse, who is accused of

17 Mar 2023

RCN and the DHSC have agreed to put forward a pay increase of 5% for 2023-24, and a one-off

16 Mar 2023

New offer could be a one-off payment for this year and a maximum of 5% f

16 Mar 2023

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