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Close-up of nurse with tattooed arms crossed

An NHS trust is relaxing uniform rules to make them more inclusive

20 May 2024
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Photo of new NHS uniform in a range of colours, illustrating story about its introduction at an NHS trust in England

Nurses in Derbyshire will be the first to wear the uniform, which comes in various colours

16 May 2024
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Senior staff nurse Gemma in a video where she explains the benefits of her new four-day week working for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Condensed week with one shorter shift results in less unpaid overtime and more manageable

15 May 2024
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Former nurse and convicted child killer Lucy Letby

Ex-minister Sir David Davis criticises court order stopping UK online access to new US art

14 May 2024
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A senior nurse gives a demonstration using an oxygen mask to other nurses

New definitions in professional framework aim to end ambiguity tha

14 May 2024
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ame Ruth May, England’s chief nurse, meeting Roald Dahl Nurse Holly

Nurses mark International Nurses Day by sharing what inspired their career choice and

10 May 2024
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Queen’s University Belfast, one of the two higher education institutions in Northern Ireland where nursing degrees are offered

A freeze in number of undergraduate places in Northern Ireland is short-sighted at a time

09 May 2024
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A billboard advert promoting nursing careers in Canada

Billboards highlight the benefits of nurses working in British Columbia, including better

08 May 2024
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Brass name plate outside NMC building

Registrant ‘remorseful’ but failed to engage with the regulat

07 May 2024
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Photo of nurse analysing a clinical display screen, illustrating story about whether nurses' clinical skills are valued enough

As consultation on proposed revisions to band 4, 5 and 6 job profiles begins, nursing

01 May 2024
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Two officials sit together conferring over paperwork to show the FtP process that is currently subject to planned changes that could reduce need to go to formal hearings

Proposals on how Nursing and Midwifery Council might conclude some FtP cases without a for

30 Apr 2024
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Illustration of sex-based inequality in NHS nurse career progression shows a male nurse standing on top of a structure with his arms folded while a female nurse lags behind, with ladders still to climb

Extent of advantage enjoyed by male nurses revealed, as report also exposes scale of race-

26 Apr 2024

Coroner rules that neglect contributed to Patricia Dawson’s death in the ED, after staff co

18 Apr 2024

As England’s chief nurse Ruth May announces she is stepping down, we look at what nurses wa

17 Apr 2024

RCN chief says that effectively demoting staff to lower pay bands after requesting flexible

16 Apr 2024

RCN’s proposed new pay scale for nurses only would threaten integrity of

15 Apr 2024

Time off for nurses helping dependants now a legal right, redundancy protection extended in

12 Apr 2024

Decline in nursing degree applications means universities cannot meet national targets, say

11 Apr 2024

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