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Advanced nurse practitioner Rebecca Wight speaking on BBC TV's Newsnight

Nurse Rebecca Wight says her concerns for patient safety were dismissed and is calling for

20 Sep 2023
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Entrance of the Blackpool Victoria Hospital: nurse Catherine Hudson has admitted stealing medications but denies charges of ill-treatment and inappropriately sedating patients at a the hospital's stroke unit

Nurse Catherine Hudson has admitted stealing medications, but denies charges of ill-treatm

19 Sep 2023
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Photo of nurses striking at Harrogate District Hospital in Yorkshire in May

New consultation looks at whether nurses working in urgent, emergency and ‘time-critical’

19 Sep 2023
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Two nurses look at a hand-held tablet screen together while working on a ward

Nurses are being urged to complete a survey on the new flexible working arrangements as NH

19 Sep 2023
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Photo of Amin Abdullah, illustrating story about a well-being research grant named in his honour

The Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation Grant, set up in memory of a nurse who died by suicide, m

18 Sep 2023
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Nurse applies for permission to appeal, following her conviction for murders and attempted

15 Sep 2023
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Three nurses stand together at ward station. They appear busy

Higher starting salary, more student support on placement and not being expected to cover

15 Sep 2023
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Photo of Martha Mills, illustrating story about introduction of Martha's rule in England's NHS

Government pledges fast introduction of Martha’s rule in England, giving patients access t

14 Sep 2023
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A nurse, seen from behind, looks up into a clear blue sky in an image representing an individual struggling with mental health issues

The toolkit aims to reduce suicide in the NHS, where nurses are seen at

14 Sep 2023
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Nurses holding RCN flag and placards picket Ulster Hospital outside Belfast during winter 2022-23 pay strike

Date of 48-hour strike set as nursing union ramps up pressure over Agenda for Change dispa

14 Sep 2023
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak and health and social care secretary Steve Barclay observe nurses at work

Roundtable meeting has one nurse representative, prompting criticism that the meeting is ‘

13 Sep 2023
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Brass name plaque at the entrance of the NMC building

Positive aspects of NMC’s work are highlighted but it is told to do mor

13 Sep 2023

TUC Congress urges change to how pay review bodies operate, including limiting the influenc

13 Sep 2023

Ministers will consult bereaved mother of Martha Mills and are looking to established pract

12 Sep 2023

Funds are seen needed to cope with rise in patient demand and prepare fo

12 Sep 2023

TUC lodges case with UN agency over ‘undemocratic’ law restricting strik

11 Sep 2023

Crown Prosecution Service considering merits of fresh trial for charges where no verdi

08 Sep 2023

RAF veteran Colin Bell says he will abseil down the side of the Royal Lo

08 Sep 2023

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