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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
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Nursing staff from York Hospital in North Yorkshire on the hospital picket line during the RCN strike in May last year

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

04 Apr 2024
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An NMC hearing with tables in a U shape, the panel members facing the camera and being addressed by two people sitting opposite them who are looking at a folder of documents

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

03 Apr 2024
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Three nurses at a very busy hospital workstation

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

02 Apr 2024
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A nurse holds a pen and document as she talks to a patient sitting up in a hospital bed, both of them wearing protective masks

Temporary register encouraged thousands to return to nursing during pan

01 Apr 2024
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Photo of nurse associate students in training, illustrating story about their introduction in Wales

Regulator says introduction recognises the positive difference nursing associates can

28 Mar 2024
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Picture of filing cabinet tabs with FRAUD in red letters and INVESTIGATIONS and LAW in black letters

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

27 Mar 2024

NMC fitness to practise panel found that nurse had breached the code of professional behavi

26 Mar 2024

Nurses in Northern Ireland refuse deal that fails to bring them in line

25 Mar 2024

Scottish NHS trust introduces purple tunic for advanced nurse practitioners in new uniform

22 Mar 2024

NHS Whistleblowers group wants nurses, doctors and midwives to be able to have their say on

21 Mar 2024

Health minister cautions nurses about looking at patient notes after new

20 Mar 2024

As WRES figures show one in three female nursing staff of black and minority ethnic backgro

19 Mar 2024

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