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Long shifts and a lack of breaks make for an unsafe combination for nurses driving home on the road

Nurse leaders and a road safety charity express concerns about nurses driving ho

09 Jan 2025
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Ward manager suspended from NMC register after failing to complete bank shifts on her own ward: nurse consults staff rota on calendar

Band 7 ward manager was suspended from the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for repe

07 Jan 2025
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Senior nursing job profiles review: two nurses on shift updating a white board in a staff area

 The NHS Staff Council has extended the consultation period on its review of job prof

06 Jan 2025
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New year's honours: compilation image of the nurses named in the King's 2025 list

Nurses from across the UK awarded honours including CBE, OBE, MBE and B

30 Dec 2024
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The death of Marina Young in Royal Preston Hospital’s emergency department was in part due to failures in nursing care including lack of asthma management. Ms Young had complex needs

Coroner tells Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust it must improve nursing and med

19 Dec 2024
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NHS managers proposals: health and social care secretary Wes Streeting holding a red file

Proposals to introduce professional regulation for NHS managers include&nbs

17 Dec 2024
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Police image of former neonatal nurse and convicted child killer Lucy Letby

Defence lawyers for former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven

16 Dec 2024
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Fitness to Practise panels: the Nursing and Midwifery Council has struck off over 1,000 professionals in the past five years. A nurse sits in front of a panel hearing

With a 14% rise in concerns raised to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2023-24, data r

12 Dec 2024
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2.8% NHS nurse pay offer branded as deeply offensive by nursing leaders: nurses strike for fair pay

The Department of Health and Social Care has submitted evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body

11 Dec 2024
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Nurses with long-COVID: a woman clutches her chest due to shortness of breath, a common symptom of long-COVID

Survey by the RCN reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long-COVID, with

05 Dec 2024
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St Pancras Hospital told to improve safety protocols: a patient died following administration of an anti-psychotic drug without national guidelines being followed

St Pancras Hospital in London has been told to urgently improve safety protocols after a m

03 Dec 2024
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Number nurses leaving NMC register has risen by almost 50% in just six months

Number of newly registered nurses and midwives leaving the professions has jumped by almos

02 Dec 2024

Under fire Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) cannot ‘be the police of nurses’ and must le

28 Nov 2024

The RCN, Unison and Unite nursing unions have written a joint letter to health and social c

26 Nov 2024

A Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel said as a newly registered nurse

20 Nov 2024

The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) interim chief executive Paul Rees should w

19 Nov 2024

NHS England’s national standardised uniforms for healthcare staff will soon be launched at&

18 Nov 2024

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

14 Nov 2024

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