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Nurses on picket line outside Barnsley Hospital during RCN pay strikes over NHS pay

Health and social care secretary tells NHS pay review body to think of ‘affordability’ as

21 Dec 2023
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Only 3,500 of those in government’s target figure came from domestic retention or rec

21 Dec 2023
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Photo of one of the care workers speaking on the Panorama programme

Panorama investigation finds a worker being pressured to pay back thousands to care home i

21 Dec 2023
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High Court of Justiciary panel outside building

An appeal by the GMC failed to gain a suspension of Nour Rezk, with a High Court judg

20 Dec 2023
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Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, talking in a Commons health and social care committee meeting

Care England chief says ban on overseas social care workers bringing families to the UK co

20 Dec 2023
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A smiling woman in a graduates gown holds her cap up in the sunlight

1,000 new nurses and midwives are set to qualify in Northern Ireland as student places inc

19 Dec 2023
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Picture of busy nurses on ward, illustrating story about high nurse vacancy rates

RCN Scotland says retention strategy has been ‘much slower than needed’ and urges governme

18 Dec 2023
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Head shot of Catherine Hudson provided by police, showing her looking directly at the camera with her face expressionless

Catherine Hudson was convicted of drugging two patients on a hospital s

14 Dec 2023
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Any pay deal decided will not be ready by next April, with health and social care sec

14 Dec 2023
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Man adopts aggressive stance and gesticulates angrily as he talks angrily to female nurse

Framework aims to support health trusts to prevent and learn from attacks on nursing and o

13 Dec 2023
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A phone screen showing lots of social media app logos including Instagram and X

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued guidance for nurses o

13 Dec 2023
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NMC name and logo on brass plaque, with police photo of child killer Lucy Letby, inset. Letby was struck off by the NMC

Child killer did not contest move to strip her of her registration, after perpetrating cri

12 Dec 2023

Checks are legally required when working with vulnerable people but nurs

12 Dec 2023

Burnout and stress should not be considered a sign of weakness states report on psychologic

11 Dec 2023

RCN Wales says assistant practitioners, nursing associates or healthcare support workers sh

08 Dec 2023

NMC campaign asks nurses what qualities they expect from nurse leaders – which include bein

08 Dec 2023

Effectiveness of statutory duty of candour to be checked amid concerns a

08 Dec 2023

Nurse retention scheme includes ‘support squads’ for staff with menopausal symptoms and HR

07 Dec 2023

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