Editorial

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Illustration of a nurse walking a tight rope, shown as an ECG reading

Short-staffing at one acute hospital, as reported by RCNi, exemplifies widespread difficul

26 Nov 2025
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NMC registration fee rise: £10 and £20 notes fanned out

The Nursing and Midwifery Council wants to increase its £120 registration renewal fee for

30 Oct 2025
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Parking permits for nurses: penalty notice stuck to car windscreen

A local authority bowed to public pressure and introduced parking permits for nurses atten

24 Sep 2025
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Senior nurse cuts: nurses stand in a line, divided by scissors wielded by a man in a suit, denoting budget cuts

An NHS trust plans to cut senior nurse leader posts in a bid to reduce its costs is a shor

25 Aug 2025
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to publish principles for advanced nursing practice –

25 Jul 2025
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Nurses’ pay and pension worries: concerned nurse sits at desk, head in hand as he read documents that could be bills or bank statements

With thousands of nurses cutting their careers short thanks to difficult or unrewarding wo

24 Jun 2025
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NHS pay inequality: weighing scales with pound coins on each side

Nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland need only look to their Agenda for Ch

27 May 2025
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Nurses refuse to work bank shifts: nurse picks up her jacket as if to leave to go home

Recruitment freezes in the NHS, and plans by some employers to suppress NHS bank nurse spe

29 Apr 2025
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Datix incident reporting: nurse and manager in serious discussion on a ward

Nurses say the safety incident reporting system Datix is widely misused by senior managers

26 Mar 2025
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Registered nurse status: protecting nurse title would give clarity about clinicians’ qualifications

‘Nurse’ title can be, and frequently is, used in job titles where the individual is not a

26 Feb 2025
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Nurse whistleblower scapegoating: nurses who speak up about care concerns feel targeted for FtP referral

Nurses who speak out about care concerns too often find managers use the threat of referra

29 Jan 2025
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Gifts for nurses from patients: a gift wrapped in a £10 note and topped with a red ribbon, representing the gift of better pay for nurses

Nursing Standard’s annual investigation into gifts given to NHS nursing staff attests to t

20 Dec 2024

Nursing unions RCN, Unison and Unite have told England’s health and social care secretary W

28 Nov 2024

The title of nurse is being misused in proliferating job titles in the NHS.

29 Sep 2024

NHS nursing staff have been offered a 5.5% pay award for 2024-25. The RCN, along with

23 Aug 2024

Nurse regulator’s reputation has taken a bruising after independent Afzal review found orga

23 Jul 2024

NHS pay award for 2024/25 is running late, so whichever party wins the election needs to ma

24 Jun 2024

Nurses in the NHS and social care know the impact politicians’ promises (and whether they k

28 May 2024

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