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A large-scale study finds that using temporary staff to plug gaps does mitigate the r

19 Aug 2024
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Nursing students being accepted on to nursing degrees has fallen in the UK as A-level students receive their results

UK nursing student enrolments on to nursing degrees courses are down, as a nursing academi

15 Aug 2024
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Mary Seacole statue in grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital in London was vandalised

Statue of pioneering black nurse Mary Seacole outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London is&nbs

14 Aug 2024
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Emergency department staffing concerns: Inga Rublite experienced a brain haemorrhage in an ED waiting room

Coroner accepts emergency department (ED) was excessively busy but orde

13 Aug 2024
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RCN is asking nursing staff in an online consultation to say if they approve or disapprove of a pay award of 5.5%; picture shows a finger touching a tick mark on a screen

RCN opens online consultation from today (8 August) until 16 September

08 Aug 2024
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Rioters clashing with police in Manchester. Nurses are being advised on withdrawing treatment from racist or violent patients.

Updated RCN guidance states staff may withdraw care where they feel threatened, but only a

07 Aug 2024
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Nurse struck off for falsifying timesheets: photo shows a close-up of a fitness-to-practise hearing room door

Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts after facing ‘financial pressures’ a Nur

06 Aug 2024
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Filipino nurses targeted in Sunderland riots: a man in a mask stands stands next to a police horse as riot police confront protestors in the city centre on Friday

Terrified Filipino nurses were pelted with stones as they travelled to

05 Aug 2024
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Back pay for underpaid nurses: band 5 nurses who stepped up to band 6 roles awarded back pay after job evaluation

After five-year battle to get their roles moved up from band 5 to 6, job evaluation proces

31 Jul 2024
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Close-up of a nurse's hands on a computer keyboard with a screen displaying X and tick marks to indicate 'unacceptable' or 'acceptable'

Nursing leaders seek views on backdated Agenda for Change pay awar

30 Jul 2024
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Archive image of striking nurses in Devon, illustrating recent context of government's 5.5% pay offer to Agenda for Change staff

RCN to consult members on announcement, saying pay must be restored after years of stagnat

29 Jul 2024
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Person in shadow looking out of window, illustrating story about nurse and midwife suicides

Nurse regulator confirms registrant deaths while undergoing fitness to practise process, b

24 Jul 2024

According to reports the NHS pay review body has recommended a rise of 5

22 Jul 2024

Stark NMC report reveals 25% surge in number of nurses leaving the regis

18 Jul 2024

Marie Curie nurse describes devastating impact of underfunding in end of life care as hospi

17 Jul 2024

Nursing Live takes place at the ACC Liverpool on 23-24 October and will celebrate all thing

16 Jul 2024

Nursing union names its next general secretary as Nicola Ranger, who says new government mu

10 Jul 2024

Nursing leaders call for government to intervene after review 

10 Jul 2024

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