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Photo of nurses striking outside the Royal Brompton Hospital in London

Poll finds 3% rise in support compared with similar poll in December, with RCN head s

16 Jun 2023
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Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who is on trial for multiple murders

Judge in trial of nurse accused of multiple infant murders instructs jury to put thei

16 Jun 2023
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Photo of hands being washed with soap, illustrating news that nurses can use milder soaps to kill many viruses

Researchers find skin-friendly cleansers and natural soaps can stop the spread of viruses

16 Jun 2023
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Nurses on a picket line holding placards at Northern General Hospital, Sheffield

Nurse leaders warn that government’s ‘unworkable’ two-tier pay award will push excluded nu

15 Jun 2023
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Two nurses look at a piece of paperwork at a ward-based work station: an Institute for Public Policy Research report suggests nurses’ time could be freed up if managers took on more admin

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

15 Jun 2023
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Lucy Letby looks grave in court sketch at her murder trial

Countess of Chester Hospital plumber recalls multiple call-outs to unblock sinks in ageing

14 Jun 2023
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Strikers at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield

NHS pay body exists in a vacuum, no longer works and risks disastrous r

14 Jun 2023
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Four nurses carrying out tasks around a busy work station, despite recruiting 800 extra overseas nurses it has failed to reverse the decline in numbers of the NHS workforce

4,000+ nursing posts are still vacant despite NHS Scotland recruiting additional health st

14 Jun 2023
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Nurses protesting at Stormont in May over cuts in the health service

Dublin pledges backing for 200 Northern Ireland university places in de

13 Jun 2023
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Photo of a hospital parking sign, illustrating a story about nurses' parking restrictions

Glasgow Royal Infirmary brings back penalties for parking in the patient zone for longer t

13 Jun 2023
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Two nurses give care at the bedside of patient in a high-intervention setting – as survey suggests short-staffing is harming care

Nursing staff describe how inadequate pay and poor staff retention combine to create high-

13 Jun 2023
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Two nurses in conversation, the one facing the camera looking perplexed

More nurses feel raising concerns at work is risky and futile, accordin

12 Jun 2023

RCN leader admits winning a further strike mandate will be a ‘tight call’, and opens up abo

12 Jun 2023

The House of Lords voted in an amendment to the government’s strikes bill restoring nurses’

09 Jun 2023

Think tank sets out measures to address the ‘deep workforce crisis’ in the NHS, which also

09 Jun 2023

Lucy also completed her nurse training at Great Ormond Street Hospital, so its chapel was t

09 Jun 2023

Imperial NHS trust in London – where spending in agency and bank staff topped £89 million i

08 Jun 2023

A paper towel used to record the drugs given to Child M, who the nurse is alleged to h

08 Jun 2023

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