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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
NMC’s worsening performance: what are nurses paying for?

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
Nurses sacked for accessing records of people killed in stabbing attacks

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
Hundreds of nurses to have NMC registration info reassessed after 'astounding failure’

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
Lack of jobs for new nurses: chief nurse’s apology to students

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
Nurses vote to challenge ‘soul-destroying’ NMC fee increase

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
I collapsed on shift and ended up in ED – why managers must stop demanding more from us

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
‘We can’t accept this’: the chief nurses tackling care crises alongside staff

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
Nurses fight for band 7 status after missing out on £9,000 pay rise

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

07 May 2026
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Nursing pay talks: nurse with money
New pay rates possible for NHS nursing staff as talks announced

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

23 Apr 2026
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New nursing apprenticeships: students in training
Nursing apprenticeships: extra 2,000 to launch in targeted areas

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

21 Apr 2026
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NHS band 5 role reviews: Illustration of three nurses being viewed through a magnifying glass
NHS band 5 role reviews and potential for pay uplift: your questions answered
Q&A on who is included, why rethink of nurses’ bandings is needed and when reviews start
17 Apr 2026
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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting
Neonatal nurse warned of baby deaths from unregulated ‘nurses’
Nurse previously wrote to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting about the issue
16 Apr 2026
Laws to protect nurse title re-pledged after coroner’s report on high-profile baby death
Death of Steve Bruce’s grandson led to renewed calls to end misleading use of nurse title
09 Apr 2026
NMC’s fitness to practise approach is cruel and it’s traumatising nurses like me
Nurse in long wait for FtP hearing wants inquiry, as NMC says it is speeding up process
06 Apr 2026
NHS staff in Scotland to get bank holiday to mark team’s return to World Cup finals
Staff included in the public holiday the day after men’s team’s opening match in the US
27 Mar 2026
Nurse raises concerns about trust accommodating patient’s racism
Trust rearranged staffing to ensure white nursing staff visited the patient’s home
26 Mar 2026
Baby death leads to renewed call for regulation of ‘nurse’ title
Grandson of Steve Bruce died after being placed in ‘unsafe position’ by worker hired as nurse
24 Mar 2026
Nursing staff in Scotland to work one hour less per week from April
Staff on Agenda for Change contracts in Scotland will have hours reduced to 36 a week
23 Mar 2026