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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned healthcare employers to make stringent identi

14 Nov 2024
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Photo of health secretary Wes Streeting, who plans to ban agency spend for band 2 and 3 posts

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will tell staff at NHS Providers conference

12 Nov 2024
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Nearly three quarters of RCN members in Wales who voted in a consultation have rejected th

04 Nov 2024
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Photo of NMC plaque, illustrating a story about a fitness to practice panel hearing in which a mental health nurse was struck off for lack of safeguarding of a vulnerable patient

NMC fitness to practise panel strikes off mental health nurse who failed to visit vulnerab

31 Oct 2024
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves' budget will allocate £1.5 billion for new surgical hubs and scanners, alongside £70 million for new radiotherapy machines

As the chanceller Rachel Reeves revealed her first budget for the Labour government w

30 Oct 2024
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A nurse looks at a document while in discussion with a female patient. It is hoped that new profiles will more accurately reflect the reality of present-day advanced nursing skills, training and practice

NHS Staff Council job evaluation group has begun a nine-week consultation on job profiles

17 Oct 2024
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Nursing staff in the NHS pension scheme have a new tool they can use to help them understand their annual allowance

Nursing staff who are members of the NHS pension scheme now have access to a ready reckone

14 Oct 2024
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Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel upheld a number of allegations against ward manager

Band 7 ward manager Samantha Jamieson was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Counci

08 Oct 2024
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Nurses at Nursing Live, which returns on 23-24 October 2024

Nursing Live takes place at the ACC Liverpool on 23-24 October and will feature inspi

07 Oct 2024
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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has opted to announce pay awards to NHS staff as early as possible, after years of delays

Wes Streeting has triggered the NHS pay review process in a bid to get the pay award timin

01 Oct 2024
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Strikes over pay: RCN chief urges government to value nurses as she calls for a higher starting salary for new nurses

Newly qualified nurses should start their careers on band 6 of the Agenda for Change pay s

30 Sep 2024
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Photo of Kevin Fong giving evidence at the COVID-19 inquiry

Former national clinical adviser tells COVID-19 inquiry of the trauma experience

26 Sep 2024

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has been linked to a higher risk of pressure ulcers,

25 Sep 2024

Nurses and support staff in England’s NHS tell their union, the RCN, in an online cons

23 Sep 2024

Newly registered nurses (NRNs) are finding it difficult to secure NHS nursing jobs and are

20 Sep 2024

Slump in degree course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on nursing student financ

19 Sep 2024

Former chief nurse tells COVID-19 inquiry abolition of NHS nursing student bursary was to b

17 Sep 2024

Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise (FtP) panel heard nurse Xa

16 Sep 2024

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