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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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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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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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Chief nursing officer for England Ruth May, who has announced her retirement

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

17 Apr 2024
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Striking nurses in Plymouth, Devon, in May 2023

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

15 Apr 2024
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Older woman stands facing younger woman, possibly her daughter who has a supportive hand on her shoulder. Carer's leave is now a right, which will support the nurse workforce

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

12 Apr 2024
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A tribunal panel looks as documents, with witness facing them across a table. A nurse with Chron’s disease won a tribunal after NHS employer reneged on reasonable adjustments

A nurse was awarded more than £22,000 by a tribunal after NHS managers refused to let her

10 Apr 2024
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Close-up of the face of a woman who is holding up her hand with fingers spread in a protective gesture

Incidents range from crude banter to being touched or kissed and demand

09 Apr 2024
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Photo of RCN general secretary Pat Cullen, illustrating story about RCN's response to government proposals on nurse pay

RCN head Pat Cullen wants pay bandings to be overhauled to 'give nursing a fresh start' in

08 Apr 2024

Nurses, unions, employers and other NHS staff urged to submit their views by midnight on 4&

04 Apr 2024

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary backlog, but campaig

03 Apr 2024

All Scottish health and care settings must ensure enough qualified nurses, midwives and med

02 Apr 2024

Temporary register encouraged thousands to return to nursing during pand

01 Apr 2024

Regulator says introduction recognises the positive difference nursing associates can

28 Mar 2024

Two nurses have been removed from the register after Nursing and Midwifery Council found ev

27 Mar 2024

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