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Striking nurses in Harrogate in May 2023

Right to strike will be defended in the face of ‘toxic’ new law on enfo

03 Jan 2024
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Alison Kelly, former head of nursing at the Countess of Chester Hospital (left) and Lucy Letby

Alison Kelly is one of four former senior managers at the Countess of Chester named as cor

02 Jan 2024
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RCN’s Pat Cullen

RCN general secretary says College would back nurses to strike again fo

02 Jan 2024
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Collage image showing ten of the nurses named in the new year honours list, including, clockwise from top left Denise Chaffer, James McLean, Debbie Brown, Lorraine Sunduza, Wendy Herbert, Debbv Veigas, Marino Latour, Nicki Paterson, Sharon Manning and Jes

Nursing professionals working in dementia, cancer and learning disability and autism care,

29 Dec 2023
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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

Any pay deal decided will not be ready by next April, with health and social care secr

14 Dec 2023

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

13 Dec 2023

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued guidance for nurses on

13 Dec 2023

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

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

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