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Bins set alight by protesters on Ligoniel Road, Belfast, as disorder flared during a demonstration organised in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city. Picture: Alamy

Nurse chased into hospital in Northern Ireland as health workers fear for safety

11 Jun 2026
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Nurses at Good Hope Hospital raised a formal grievance over pay cuts Picture: Alamy

RCN says flat rate does not ‘accurately reflect the level of responsibility expected of staff’

08 Jun 2026
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Arrhythmia nurse specialist Owen Rogers (seated centre) received emergency life-saving treatment from his colleagues at the Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent Picture: Medway NHS Foundation Trust 

Nurse says he’s alive today thanks to colleagues who got him blue-lighted for specialist care

05 Jun 2026
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Relocation package would be ‘on a par with the expenses available to resident doctors’ Picture: iStock

RCN also suggests a student loan forgiveness scheme and other strategies to retain new nurses

01 Jun 2026
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s London headquarters: the nursing regulator is under fire from its own watchdog Picture: Barney Newman

Questions asked as report shows regulator failing to meet standards

29 May 2026
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Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were killed in June 2023 Picture: Nottinghamshire Police

Trust has dismissed 11 staff members for inappropriately accessing medical records

28 May 2026
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants Picture: Barney Newman

NMC faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants

27 May 2026
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Nursing students demonstrate outside the RCN’s 2026 annual congress in Liverpool

Students staged protest about lack of entry-level jobs in the NHS 

21 May 2026
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Emergency nurse Stuart Quarterman urges action at RCN congress Picture: RCN

Registrants voice their objection to planned rise in fee to £143 per year

20 May 2026
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Nurse Joseph Ayine spoke out about his experience of fainting on shift after non-stop working when he addressed an audience at the RCN’s 2026 congress in Liverpool on Monday  Picture: RCN

Nurse who collapsed after working all day without a break speaks out 

19 May 2026
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Leadership comes in a many forms – so what makes a nursing leader truly effective? Picture:Tim Zoltie

Two NHS chief nurses reveal how working with staff helped transform care and morale

15 May 2026
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A group of health visitors in south Wales hold banners, flags and signs during strike action in March

Health visitors in south Wales are striking after NHS employer ignored job evaluation appeal 

07 May 2026

Nursing student Chloe Roberts died by suicide after she was suspended from her university course on health grounds after having seizures. Read about the coroner’s verdict, her friend’s memories of Chloe, her work as an advocate for mandatory suicide prevention training, and the university’s response to the verdict

27 Apr 2026

Agenda for Change pay structure to be reviewed, which may also see pay backdated

23 Apr 2026

Scheme will ‘support social mobility’ and target areas with the greatest training shortages

21 Apr 2026
Q&A on who is included, why rethink of nurses’ bandings is needed and when reviews start
17 Apr 2026
Nurse previously wrote to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting about the issue
16 Apr 2026
Death of Steve Bruce’s grandson led to renewed calls to end misleading use of nurse title
09 Apr 2026