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Revision of Agenda for Change bands is long overdue, but the jury is out on whether change

21 Jun 2024
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Illustration of weighing sometimes conflicting interests in nursing care of patient choice against harm prevention shows scales with one frowny face on one side outweighed by multiple, smaller smiley faces

Offering care home residents caffeine-free drinks as default helped reduce falls – as well

17 May 2024
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Nursing’s regulator has pledged millions of pounds to resolve its growing FtP investigatio

18 Apr 2024
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A nurse appears apprehensive while being questioned by a senior nurse

A nurse suspended for inappropriate conduct was under stress due to personal issues.

26 Mar 2024
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Illustration showing healthcare staff in different uniforms, representing different professions, standing on top of piles of coins of varying heights, suggesting pay differences between professions

Agenda for Change doesn’t reflect the complexity of nursing roles, say unions.

23 Feb 2024
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Illustration of nurse sitting on the floor, leaning against a near-empty battery – a metaphor for burnout in nursing

Burnout and stress should not be considered as parts of the job that staff must simply cop

23 Jan 2024
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The historic decision to strike in December 2022 led to a hard-won pay deal, but nurses sa

14 Dec 2023
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Essential paperwork that’s standardised across healthcare settings could make information-

22 Nov 2023
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Colour-coding of the new national uniform for nurses and other health professionals that s

31 Oct 2023
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In the wake of the Lucy Letby murder trial, nurses are raising concerns about how staff wh

20 Sep 2023
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Instant messaging makes communication so seamless it might be easy to breach patient confi

24 Aug 2023
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Staff shortages means nurses find themselves being redeployed to unfamiliar wards or depar

21 Jun 2023

Four-day working week with no drop in salary sounds too good to be true, and for the nurse

24 May 2023

The plight of nurses in the independent health and social care sector feels like it’s widel

20 Apr 2023

Universities suggest assessment based on competency, not hours, but some worry we may end u

22 Mar 2023

Under pressure to maintain staffing levels and morale when conditions are difficult, nurse

21 Feb 2023

It poses a risk to patients and staff themselves, yet surveys show most nurses go to work w

25 Jan 2023

Nurses who witness racist incidents are being asked to be ‘active bystanders’ by speaking o

20 Dec 2022

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