Editorial

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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
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NHS nursing unions tell health and social care secretary West Streeting the NHS Pay Review Body is outdated. They want him to grant direct pay talks

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

28 Nov 2024
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‘Nurse’ job titles used for non-registered roles are misleading to the public and confusing for NHS colleagues

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

29 Sep 2024
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Union consultations on the government’s 5.5% pay offer for NHS staff are asking members to vote on whether they accept or reject the award, as illustrated by a pound symbol with green tick mark and a red X mark

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

23 Aug 2024
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Name plate of Nursing and Midwifery Council outside its London headquarters. The NMC has been found to have a toxic organisational culture by independent review

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

23 Jul 2024
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Illustration shows hand holding ministerial red box – the next health and social care secretary needs to prioritise NHS pay deal

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

24 Jun 2024
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Illustration of nurses’ general election voting decisions show ballot papers flying down into a ballot box marked ‘NHS’

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

28 May 2024
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A female nurse in uniform sits at a desk at work using a computer, with the new RCNi Learning platform on screen

With bitesize modules, enhanced search tools and a learning dashboard to track progress, R

21 Apr 2024

Writing up notes is a fundamental nursing task, and getting it wrong can become a fitness t

22 Mar 2024

If behaviour intimidates, belittles or offends it should not be happening – and should not

27 Feb 2024

NMC requirements can be daunting, but we have webinars, events, modules and a vast array of

24 Jan 2024

In the build-up to the UK’s next general election, daily safety breaches in the NHS need to

02 Jan 2024

New nationally colour-coded garments for nurses and other staff groups have yet to win univ

30 Nov 2023

Get your free ticket to our celebration of nurses and nursing – a unique event designed to

25 Oct 2023

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