Nursing Standard
Pension reforms aim to attract retired nurses back to work
Proposed changes will give returning staff more flexibility while protecting their finances
07 Dec 2022
Shruti Sheth Trivedi
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Please don’t go! How ‘stay conversations’ are managing to boost nurse retention
Trusts’ regular one-to-one discussions aim to head-off potential resignation issues
06 Dec 2022
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Grief café helps community nurses cope with patient deaths
Café is an informal space to discuss loss, death and dying and how they affect nurses
05 Dec 2022
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Nurses coming to work in UK after ‘forced migration’ from Zimbabwe
Thousands of nurses faced with broken agreements and withheld pay have flocked to the UK
02 Dec 2022
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Nurse vacancies continue at record high of more than 47,000
NHS Digital data reveals a rise of more than 600 vacancies since the end of June
01 Dec 2022
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Health department blasted over ‘misleading’ chart on nurses’ pay
Scathing condemnation by UK statistics boss says chart exaggerates previous pay rises
30 Nov 2022
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International recruitment: almost half of new registrants were educated abroad
Employers urged to make workplaces more inclusive to help nurses from overseas thrive
30 Nov 2022
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Nurses to strike at almost 80 trusts and integrated care boards
Locations for first strikes revealed, with RCN warning more will be added in January
29 Nov 2022
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Nurses’ strike: will the army be called in to keep NHS services running?
Defence officials may be looking at how military personnel could fill in for nurses
28 Nov 2022
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First dates announced for nurses’ strike action in December
Strikes on Thursday 15 and Tuesday 20 December in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
25 Nov 2022
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FtP: regulator optimistic it will cut backlog that can mean years of limbo for nurses
Not for the first time, NMC is hopeful it can ‘crack’ delays in cases being resolved
23 Nov 2022
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Strike action: union challenges legal loophole to protect staff
Unison looks to overturn Court of Appeal decision that enables employers to discipline staff
22 Nov 2022
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Nurses fear poverty in retirement with pensions too small to live on
Many worry pension won’t be enough, while others opt out to get cash for current living costs
22 Nov 2022
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Autumn budget: failure to address nurses’ pay crisis prompts five-day warning from RCN
RCN will announce strike dates and locations if government does not enter pay talks
17 Nov 2022
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Nurses’ work stress can trigger ‘catastrophic loss of self-esteem’
Mental health nurse lead urges kindness, self-care and speaking out when disagreements arise
17 Nov 2022
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Inflation-busting pay rise for nurses would come at a cost to the wider NHS – minister
Steve Barclay said it’s service improvements that top the health and social care agenda
16 Nov 2022
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Nurses’ well-being worries NHS senior managers as they brace for winter of discontent
Strikes, low morale and staffing shortages combine as NHS leaders reveal their concerns
15 Nov 2022
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Nurse pay demands ‘neither reasonable nor affordable’ – health secretary
Steve Barclay says he is ‘saddened’ by nurses choosing to vote for strike action
14 Nov 2022