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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

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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

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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

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District nurse Gill Fairclough (left) was fined for using a permit issued a decade ago that was later deemed invalid, seen here with her colleague Stephanie Warman Picture: Gilli Fairclough

Call for healthcare staff exemptions after long-term permits were deemed invalid

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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 

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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

Analysis

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Petechial rash

Community nurses are fighting for their high-level practice to be rebanded at band 7

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Advanced nurse practitioners’ presence on senior clinical staff rotas is not the same as ‘doctor substitution’, nurses argue Picture: iStock

The BMA says staff are being used inappropriately – is the claim justified or divisive?

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NHS unions and the governments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are negotiating updates to the 25-year-old Agenda for Change pay structure Picture: iStock

Our Q&A looks at what negotiations on Agenda for Change shake-up could mean for nurse pay

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The fees charged for nursing staff to park in their NHS workplace varies Picture: Neil O’Connor 

Our investigation shows the huge variation in parking fees across England and the UK

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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

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NHS Staff survey results: a nurse typing on a smartphone, with ratings speech bubble images hovering above it

The highest scorers in the NHS Staff Survey, based on flexible working, morale and more

Clinical update

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Updated NICE guidance focuses on diagnosis, red flag symptoms and when to seek emergency care

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Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds

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Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning

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How to recognise and manage the symptoms of AF and advise patients on lifestyle adjustments

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A new report shows value of early interventions and community CPR training

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A new resource helps patients and nurses differentiate between the symptoms

Policy briefing

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How nurses can implement changes to the RCUK process for end of life decision-making

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Picture shows two medics in discussion. Lack of personal protective equipment allows nurses to take a decision to protect themselves, RCN guidance says.

The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE

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Nurses meeting to discuss and reflect following a difficult situation

The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work

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nurse prepares a catheter for insertion

RCN updates its guidance on using catheters and how to minimise associated risks

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Glove awareness week

RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin

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Guidance aims to help judge how and when to use instant messaging in acute clinical settings

Journal scan

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American-based research finds more people who have CT scans in the emergency department didn't have a primary care provider

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An Australian study looks at whether intravenous or oral paracetamol is more effective at reducing pain 

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Patient using spacer

A study has found that using an antistatic spacer with an inhaler gave patients better asthma control

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Alcohol

A recent study looking into emergency departments’ (EDs) current practices regarding alcohol identification has found that there is an increase in their access to clinical nurse...

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SSTI

Risk factors, such as a fever, are associated with failures in the management of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in emergency department observation units (EDOUs), a review...

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Sepsis

Emergency department (ED) sepsis screening algorithms should incorporate a serum lactate cut off of ≥2mmol/L as a threshold for the initiation of interventions and increased...

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