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Rossendale Nursing Home in Lancashire, where two residents died and a nurse was subsequently sentenced for causing avoidable harm

Caroline Taylforth, who manages Rossendale Nursing Home, had pleaded guilty to two counts

06 Apr 2023
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Photo of box of chocolates, illustrating story about an NHS trust offering them as an incentive for quick patient discharge

The promise of sweet treats for performing quick patient discharges drew fire on Twitter,

06 Apr 2023
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Picket line at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London

Controversial anti-strikes Bill could see nurses face fitness to practi

05 Apr 2023
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RCN headquarters brass name plate – RCN claims petition opposition its leaderships was partly falsified

Online petition called for emergency meeting to push for no-confidence vote on RCN’s leade

05 Apr 2023
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A nurse helps an older patient walk down a hospital corridor: promised funding for social care reform has been halved despite warnings of catastrophic effects

Promised funding for social care reform in England has been halved despite warnings of ‘ca

05 Apr 2023
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Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour health spokesperson said: ‘The new health secretary must prioritise tackling the workforce crisis if we are to truly see recovery in the NHS'

Calls to tackle workforce crisis in Scotland as Scottish Labour reveals ‘unsustainable’ sp

04 Apr 2023
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Nurse Lucy Letby, who denies multiple counts of murder and attempted murder of infants in her care

Neonatal nurse is accused of attempting to murder baby boy – her last of her 17 alleged vi

04 Apr 2023
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RCN members outside the Royal Marsden Hospital in London during the nurses' pay strike

Unions and nurses speak out against RCN’s ambition to see an NHS pay scale designed solely

04 Apr 2023
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Matthew Osborne

Emergency nurse announces resignation in early morning tweet, tagging t

03 Apr 2023
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03 Apr 2023
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A smiling nursing student at the bedside of an older patient: paid placements might encourage more people into the profession, say nurses

Better pay, fee-free training, paid placements and summer holidays for students would boos

31 Mar 2023
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Someone using a lateral flow test for COVID-19: such tests will no longer be needed for symptomatic nurses in England, unless they work with more vulnerable patients, from 1 April

Lateral flow tests will no longer be needed for symptomatic nurses in England unless they

31 Mar 2023

Campaigners want NHS employers to trial a 32-hour, four-day week, which

31 Mar 2023

Child O’s death was partly due to injuries similar to those caused by a road traffic collis

30 Mar 2023

Chancellor tells MPs the Treasury has not discussed with health department how NHS pay offe

30 Mar 2023

Registration fee will be frozen for ‘as long as possible’ to ensure affordability amid cost

30 Mar 2023

Bank staff in Wales will be locked out of unconsolidated, one-off payment that formed part

29 Mar 2023

Leaked plan reports ‘major concerns’ over reliance on overseas and agency staff and advocat

29 Mar 2023

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