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Two officials sit together conferring over paperwork to show the FtP process that is currently subject to planned changes that could reduce need to go to formal hearings

Proposals on how Nursing and Midwifery Council might conclude some FtP cases without a for

30 Apr 2024
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Illustration of sex-based inequality in NHS nurse career progression shows a male nurse standing on top of a structure with his arms folded while a female nurse lags behind, with ladders still to climb

Extent of advantage enjoyed by male nurses revealed, as report also exposes scale of race-

26 Apr 2024
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A smiling nurse offers a cup of tea and a biscuit to an older patient

Reduction in toileting-related falls credited to use of decaffeinated d

25 Apr 2024
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Coroner rules that neglect contributed to Patricia Dawson’s death in the ED, after staff c

18 Apr 2024
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Chief nursing officer for England Ruth May, who has announced her retirement

As England’s chief nurse Ruth May announces she is stepping down, we look at what nurses w

17 Apr 2024
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Illustration of steps showing different pay bands as nurse steps down onto band 5 step

RCN chief says that effectively demoting staff to lower pay bands after requesting flexibl

16 Apr 2024
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Striking nurses in Plymouth, Devon, in May 2023

RCN’s proposed new pay scale for nurses only would threaten integrity o

15 Apr 2024
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Older woman stands facing younger woman, possibly her daughter who has a supportive hand on her shoulder. Carer's leave is now a right, which will support the nurse workforce

Time off for nurses helping dependants now a legal right, redundancy protection extended i

12 Apr 2024
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Photo of nursing students in a lecture, illustrating story about declining student numbers

Decline in nursing degree applications means universities cannot meet national targets, sa

11 Apr 2024
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A tribunal panel looks as documents, with witness facing them across a table. A nurse with Chron’s disease won a tribunal after NHS employer reneged on reasonable adjustments

A nurse was awarded more than £22,000 by a tribunal after NHS managers refused to let her

10 Apr 2024
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Close-up of the face of a woman who is holding up her hand with fingers spread in a protective gesture

Incidents range from crude banter to being touched or kissed and demand

09 Apr 2024
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Photo of RCN general secretary Pat Cullen, illustrating story about RCN's response to government proposals on nurse pay

RCN head Pat Cullen wants pay bandings to be overhauled to 'give nursing a fresh start' in

08 Apr 2024

Nurses, unions, employers and other NHS staff urged to submit their views by midnight on 4&

04 Apr 2024

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary backlog, but campaig

03 Apr 2024

All Scottish health and care settings must ensure enough qualified nurses, midwives and med

02 Apr 2024

Temporary register encouraged thousands to return to nursing during pand

01 Apr 2024

Regulator says introduction recognises the positive difference nursing associates can

28 Mar 2024

Two nurses have been removed from the register after Nursing and Midwifery Council found ev

27 Mar 2024

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