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Striking nurses at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust said long shifts with later finishing times affected their mental health and personal lives.

Nurses went on strike when London trust extended day shifts to 9pm, the workforce said lat

15 Oct 2024
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Nursing staff in the NHS pension scheme have a new tool they can use to help them understand their annual allowance

Nursing staff who are members of the NHS pension scheme now have access to a ready reckone

14 Oct 2024
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Nursing student Emma Garner was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by the death of her son Thomas (pictured) in April 2018. She is appealing to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to introduce a compassionate leave allowance

A nursing student who missed placement shifts to be with her ill son is

09 Oct 2024
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Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel upheld a number of allegations against ward manager

Band 7 ward manager Samantha Jamieson was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Counci

08 Oct 2024
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Nurses at Nursing Live, which returns on 23-24 October 2024

Nursing Live takes place at the ACC Liverpool on 23-24 October and will feature inspi

07 Oct 2024
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Care home nurse knew and failed to declare she would be left assets in resident's will

A nurse who knew she was in line to inherit property and shares in a resident’s will was s

02 Oct 2024
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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has opted to announce pay awards to NHS staff as early as possible, after years of delays

Wes Streeting has triggered the NHS pay review process in a bid to get the pay award timin

01 Oct 2024
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Strikes over pay: RCN chief urges government to value nurses as she calls for a higher starting salary for new nurses

Newly qualified nurses should start their careers on band 6 of the Agenda for Change pay s

30 Sep 2024
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Specialist school nurse roles have variable Agenda for Change banding

A specialist school nurse claims his job, graded by his NHS employer at Agenda for Change

27 Sep 2024
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Photo of Kevin Fong giving evidence at the COVID-19 inquiry

Former national clinical adviser tells COVID-19 inquiry of the trauma experience

26 Sep 2024
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Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has a negative effect on patient recovery; picture shows a nurse smiling at a woman in a hospital gown who is sitting up in a hospital bed

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has been linked to a higher risk of pressure ulcers,

25 Sep 2024
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Nursing staff tell RCN 5.5% pay award for the NHS is not enough

Nurses and support staff in England’s NHS tell their union, the RCN, in an online con

23 Sep 2024

Newly registered nurses (NRNs) are finding it difficult to secure NHS nursing jobs and are

20 Sep 2024

Slump in degree course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on nursing student financ

19 Sep 2024

Former chief nurse tells COVID-19 inquiry abolition of NHS nursing student bursary was to b

17 Sep 2024

Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise (FtP) panel heard nurse Xa

16 Sep 2024

Sepsis top 10 research priorities list includes diagnostics, better use of antibiotics and

13 Sep 2024

The Welsh Government’s acceptance of the Pay Review Body recommendation

11 Sep 2024

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