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Photo of nurses on the picket line in Cardiff

RCN members are staging a 12-hour walkout after rejecting the Welsh Government’s latest pa

06 Jun 2023
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Line of nurses on strike in RCN pay dispute hold protest banner outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham

NHS nursing staff are battling for better pay and working conditions, with unions in each

06 Jun 2023
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Pat Cullen with striking nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital, London in December 2022

Nursing is treated differently in ‘bullyish’ negotiations because profession is 90% female

06 Jun 2023
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RCN general secretary looking serious – she warns of collapse in health and care services

As government’s NHS workforce plan continues to stall, nurses’ leader issues grave warning

05 Jun 2023
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NHS workforce plan to plug staffing gap with fast-track training could backfire with burno

02 Jun 2023
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Photo of Unite members striking outside Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London

Eligible staff on Agenda for Change contracts get 5% pay rise, while nurse members of Unit

01 Jun 2023
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Nurses' station of a busy hospital ward

A workforce emergency remains despite a rise in the number of nurses in

01 Jun 2023
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Photo of nurses striking outside Leeds General Infirmary; many staff in England in outsourced NHS services may miss out on pay rise

Many nurses who work in outsourced NHS services, including district and community nursing,

01 Jun 2023
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Young graduates standing in front of university building on graduation day

Proposal to curtail three-year nursing courses seen as risky move that

31 May 2023
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Close up of Steve Barclay on Sky News

Despite constructive meeting with RCN’s Pat Cullen last week, health se

30 May 2023
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Nurses check paperwork together, one explaining it to the other

Nurses discuss potential dangers and risk of burnout when they are forced to cover for sta

30 May 2023
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​  Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton

Trust says it is making positive changes after inspectors raised concer

26 May 2023

5% deal struck with majority of health service unions but RCN holds out for higher settleme

25 May 2023

Nurse accused of murdering seven babies claims the intensive care unit where she worke

24 May 2023

Nurse recruitment campaign includes postcards advertising posts and targets those visiting

24 May 2023

Live entertainment, well-being activities, development opportunities and clinical practice

24 May 2023

Latest NMC register data show record number of joiners last year, but regulator says reason

24 May 2023

Care home nurse Maria Kasmai, who showed ‘no evidence of reflection or apology’, has been s

23 May 2023

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