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Nurses skipping meals, going into debt to pay for their training
Many pay for training with loans or savings as employers fail to do so, says report
24 Jan 2024
Breast cancer: boost to specialist nurse numbers could slash costs
Investment in cancer nurse specialists could save NHS up to £118 million
23 Jan 2024
Nursing associates set to be introduced in Wales
Band 4 role will mirror that in England but RCN cautions against exploitation
22 Jan 2024
Could breaking away from Agenda for Change really unblock your access to higher pay?
Some NHS nurses say current pay structure fails to recognise full scope of modern nursing
19 Jan 2024
Struck off: care home deputy manager who made false claims about dying patient’s care
Hidden camera showed nurse’s claims about welfare checks and verifying death were untrue
18 Jan 2024
Pay parity and safe staffing: nurses' views from the picket lines
Nurses in Northern Ireland take to picket lines amid failure to implement pay award
18 Jan 2024
QNI grant will help community nurses severely affected by UK flooding
Storms in the UK have forced people out of their homes with some nurses unable to work
17 Jan 2024
NHS pensions: changes could risk greater opt-out among lowest paid
Rises in contribution rates could prompt greater levels of pension opt-outs
16 Jan 2024
Fair pay: call for evidence on new separate pay spine for nurses
Nurses’ pay spine could reward experience, says RCN, but others warn of divisiveness
12 Jan 2024
70-year-old nurse cycles more than 300km to raise money for Cavell
Ian Clifford took on the challenge to help charity support colleagues in need
12 Jan 2024
Undergraduates’ practice learning: NMC to review nursing students’ evolving needs
Regulator will examine proposals based on research that will examine overseas models
11 Jan 2024
Delayed discharge figures prompt fresh worries over community nurse staffing shortage
Cost of delays tops £1.2 billion and also raises patient safety concerns, says RCN Scotland
11 Jan 2024
You’re in one of the UK’s most in-demand jobs – but are you feeling valued?
Recruiters name nurses among the occupational groups with greatest shortfall of candidates
10 Jan 2024
Nursing associates must not be used to strip out the nurse workforce, union warns
Ministers considering introducing the registered band 4 role for Wales’s NHS
09 Jan 2024
Nurses to strike over lack of pay parity in Northern Ireland
Nurses to join day of action over failure to receive pay award in line with UK colleagues
08 Jan 2024
Struck off: the ward manager who claimed band 7 pay rate for working band 5 bank shifts
Seconded manager who also worked shifts at her trust displayed ‘serious dishonesty’ – NMC
08 Jan 2024
Calls to bring back face masks to combat new COVID-19 variant
NHS has received calls to reintroduce personal protective equipment as per WHO advice
04 Jan 2024
Junior doctors’ strike: do nurses have to pick up the workload?
A fresh wave of NHS industrial action is likely to directly affect nursing workloads
04 Jan 2024