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Brass plaque outside the NMC building in London

A senior nurse, Noah Akakpo, who took blood pressure medication from hospital supplies for

25 Jun 2025
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Cardiac theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, have won a dispute over being forced to repay compensatory rest hours after on-call shifts

Cardiac theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital in London have won a dispute over being forc

24 Jun 2025
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A group of nurses in a hospital corridor. Reasons for leaving include quality of care, flexibility of shift patterns or hours, bullying, harassment or discrimination, burnout and the effect on physical or mental health.

Nurses are leaving the profession up to ten years before they had planned because of press

18 Jun 2025
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A coroner has flagged concerns about a lack of national or local guidance for Royal Surrey County Hospital staff after the preventable death of 12-year-old Rose Harfleet 

Rose Harfleet, 12, died after nursing and medical staff at Royal Surrey County Hospital in

17 Jun 2025
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Nurses' suicidal ideation: man viewed from behind sits on bed looking out through window

Nurses who have experienced suicidal ideation describe the workplace pressures that led to

16 Jun 2025
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King's birthday honours: some of the nursing staff to receive recognition

Nursing staff from across the UK and across the profession have been named in the 202

13 Jun 2025
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Tributes have been paid to Portsmouth-based Indian nurse Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, who was killed in the Air India 171 plane crash in Ahmedabad, India

Portsmouth-based Indian nurse Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair was killed in the Air India 171 pl

13 Jun 2025
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Nurse struck off for fraud: Tanya Nasir

Tanya Nasir, who fraudulently obtained a band 7 senior neonatal nurse role and was jailed,

12 Jun 2025
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published new principles for advanced practice nursing

The Nursing and Midwifery Council's principles for advanced practice aim to provide b

10 Jun 2025
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New nursing staff say they are considering alternative careers: job search on a laptop

A newly registered nurse talks of claiming Universal Credit and undertaking bank shifts be

09 Jun 2025
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End of life care nursing career options: cheerful nurse at patient's bedside

End of life and palliative care should offer more career opportunities for newly registere

06 Jun 2025
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Agenda for Change job profiles: illustration of a nurse walking up steps representing nursing pay bands 4-9

Updated nursing job profiles have been published following a lengthy review by the NHS Sta

04 Jun 2025

An experienced nurse who was twice caught cheating in exams for a master’s degree has been

03 Jun 2025

Nursing staff will vote from 9 June on the 3.6% pay award for 2025–2026.

02 Jun 2025

A government decision to restrict funding for higher-level apprenticeships has drawn critic

29 May 2025

Raihana Awolaja, who had complex needs, died in 2023 at a residential home in Surrey a

28 May 2025

A petition calling for greater recognition and role clarity for nursing associates (NAs) in

27 May 2025

Following the government’s 2025-26 NHS staff pay announcement, health and social care secre

23 May 2025

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