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Burns nurse advises Coronation Street on acid attack storyline
Paul Blakemore worked with production crew to ensure scenes were ‘as authentic as possible’
24 Apr 2023
‘Best and final offer’: nurses in Wales set to vote on 5% pay package
The deal includes one-off ‘recovery’ payment and an enhanced rise for staff on lower bands
21 Apr 2023
NHS's only nurses with no pay offer 'are being left to sink'
With no revised offer or funds for a rise, Northern Ireland nurses may be forced to strike
21 Apr 2023
10,000+ Keralan nurses recruited from India help address NHS staffing crisis
A Keralan nurse recruited the nurses after campaigning for more realistic language tests
20 Apr 2023
Nurse removed part of man’s nipple in bizarre body modification case
Nurse also admits stealing anaesthetic from the hospital where he worked
20 Apr 2023
Single nurse left alone to care for 17 patients with complex needs amid staffing crisis
Damning report cites unsafe staffing at Midlands hospital and warns trust it must improve
20 Apr 2023
Band 5 nurses are ‘flung in’ to do specialist tasks above their pay level
Thousands of band 5 nurses are denied a pay/band rise despite doing higher-level tasks
19 Apr 2023
‘Reckless’ unions targeting vulnerable patients in planned strikes, say MPs
Tory MPs criticise unions for dropping strike exemptions for emergency and other nurses
18 Apr 2023
Lucy Letby trial: diary notes show private anguish at what was said of her, court told
Phrases ‘I killed them. I don’t know if I killed them’ among those found in documents
18 Apr 2023
Safe staffing: ward that can’t recruit nursing staff could remain closed for months
Failure to fill posts means community hospital’s inpatients are displaced across region
18 Apr 2023
Nurses warned they won’t get a better deal after rejecting latest offer
Downing St rules out reopening talks but RCN warns new strikes could last until Christmas
17 Apr 2023
Nurses brace to escalate strike action as they tell ministers 5% pay offer is not enough
RCN names strike dates – and this time emergency and intensive care staff are involved
14 Apr 2023
Non-NHS nurses able to vote in RCN pay ballot
The college says a ‘robust validation process’ will discount any ineligible votes
14 Apr 2023
Nurse ordered to be struck off after refusing to take English test
Colleagues worried poor English put patients at risk but she said she’d done nothing wrong
14 Apr 2023
Only hours left for nurses to have their say on revised pay offer
Ballot closes at 9am on 14 April, with RCN saying pay talks will not reopen if it is rejected
13 Apr 2023
Experienced overseas nurses forced to take entry-level roles in NHS
Dashed hopes of career progression leave many feeling heartbroken by treatment in UK
13 Apr 2023
Off-duty nurse recalls saving a grandfather’s life on school run
Sam Moynes swung into ‘work mode’ when Geof Turner went into cardiac arrest
12 Apr 2023
Big rise in nurses trying to take their own lives due to burnout
Hundreds of nurses driven to ‘point of no return’ last year, says mental health charity
12 Apr 2023