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Strikers at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield on 15 December 

With health secretary refusing to budge on pay for this year, RCN prepa

13 Feb 2023
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A nurse and nursing student on clinical placement talk at ward computer as nurses debate idea of reducing practice hours

Nurses and students debate whether replacing practice hours threshold with competency syst

10 Feb 2023
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The special edition of the long-running show looks at early uniforms, medical equipment an

10 Feb 2023
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Nurse Lucy Letby, who is accused of multiple murders and attempted murders of babies in her care at Countess of Chester Hospital

Neonatal nurse had already tried to kill the infant three times before fatally injecting a

09 Feb 2023
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New deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Lee Anderson

Outspoken MP Lee Anderson, new deputy chair of the Conservative Party,

09 Feb 2023
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Applications for undergraduate courses have fallen for a second consecutive year as minist

09 Feb 2023
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A report by the University Alliance suggests that nursing students should be allowed to qu

08 Feb 2023
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Brass nameplate on NMC building

Regulator’s Fitness to Practise panel finds numerous lapses includ

07 Feb 2023
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Nurse gently touches arm of woman who is having chemotherapy infusion

Cancer nursing skills and education development pathways are designed to expand cancer nur

07 Feb 2023
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Striking nurses outside Royal Preston Hospital today 

Keep pace with today’s events as nurses stage latest protest in their bid to ramp up press

07 Feb 2023
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Nurses are receiving plenty of help from TV doctors, brass sections and more as the voice

06 Feb 2023
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Striking nurses on the picket line with placards for fair pay at the University Hospital of North Durham

Nurses in England take part in fifth round of industrial action today as their fight

06 Feb 2023

Union members will be asked to vote on fresh offer as their leader calls on prime minister

03 Feb 2023

Rishi Sunak insists ‘massive’ pay rise for nurses is not possible amid competing demands fo

03 Feb 2023

Nursing Standard readers responded on Twitter – and proper breaks, free parking and compass

03 Feb 2023

RCN’s Patricia Marquis brands government failure to submit its evidence on next year’s pay

02 Feb 2023

Prosecution alleges neonatal unit nurse’s third attempt to murder child failed, but she wen

02 Feb 2023

With 100,000 signatures from nurses and the public, RCN’s Patricia Marquis visited Number 1

02 Feb 2023

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