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Nursing student Emma Garner was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by the death of her son Thomas (pictured) in April 2018. She is appealing to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to introduce a compassionate leave allowance

Nursing student appeals to NMC for compassionate leave allowance

Emma Garner missed placement shifts to be with her ill son

Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel upheld a number of allegations against ward manager

Ward manager struck off after ‘witch’ jibe and conduct and competence issues

Band 7 nurse humiliated colleagues, used foul language and made clinical errors

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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has opted to announce pay awards to NHS staff as early as possible, after years of delays

NHS pay: delays to salary uplifts to end

Wes Streeting promises timely pay decision, but RCN wary of ‘language of austerity’

Strikes over pay: RCN chief urges government to value nurses as she calls for a higher starting salary for new nurses

New nurses should begin their careers on band 6 – and more than £37,000 a year

£7K pay uplift for new nurses would attract brilliance, says RCN chief

Photo of Kevin Fong giving evidence at the COVID-19 inquiry

COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards

Former national adviser tells inquiry about trauma of nurses’ experiences in the pandemic

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has a negative effect on patient recovery; picture shows a nurse smiling at a woman in a hospital gown who is sitting up in a hospital bed

Nurse understaffing raises risk of post-surgical pressure ulcers 

Understaffed surgical wards also have higher mortality rates, research finds

Nursing staff tell RCN 5.5% pay award for the NHS is not enough

5.5% pay rise isn’t enough: NHS staff tell union leaders they reject 2024-25 award

RCN members in show of resolve over this year’s delayed pay rise

From placements to Starbucks: newly registered nurses struggle to find NHS jobs 

New nurses report working as baristas as trusts impose recruitment freezes and staff cuts

A total of 23,800 nursing students have been accepted onto courses across the UK, down by one fifth since the peak in 2021. A stressed student looks at some documents

Number of students accepted onto nursing degree courses lowest in over a decade

Slump in course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on student finances

Former chief nurse for England Dame Ruth May gave emotionally charged evidence to the COVD inquiry 

Tearful former chief nurse tells COVID inquiry of nursing staff’s struggles in pandemic

She said ‘catastrophic’ loss of NHS student bursary robbed workforce of thousands of nurses

A brass plaque at the entrance to the NMC. An FtP panel finds 77 charges were proved, ten were not proved and on 14 there was no case to answer​​​​​​​

Nurse who faced more than 100 charges struck off

FtP panel told of inappropriate challenges to medication and patient discharge

Sepsis treatment: answers to 10 questions could unlock breakthrough for outcomes

Specialist nurses welcome new push to improve diagnosis and care by identifying priorities

Recommended 5.5% pay rise approved for nurses in Wales

Award receives tepid response from RCN Wales, which will now ask members if it’s enough

Nurse used funds from patient activity budget to pay for staff party

NMC panel hands out two-month suspension, but finds nurse is not ‘inherently dishonest’

Nursing job profiles: nurses won’t know review outcome until 2025

Band 4-6 revised profiles will be published after review of all bands is complete

Band 8 revamp boosts incentive for nurses to take the step up

New NHS pay points incentivise staff on band 7 to seek promotion despite loss of overtime pay

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