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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
Recruitment drive for 900 overseas nurses to plug staff shortages
Swansea Bay University Health Board hopes move will slash annual agency bill by £1.5 million
12 Apr 2023
Failed pay talks leave nurses no closer to new deal
Nurses in Northern Ireland left in limbo as talks stall and parity with England unclear
11 Apr 2023
Nurses’ well-being: would discount meals at work help?
One trust provides free breakfasts and cut-price dinners to help cope with cost of living
11 Apr 2023
A four-day week for NHS staff? Here’s what nurses think
Nursing Standard readers share their views on the proposal, with opinions divided
07 Apr 2023
Nurse stars in inspirational choir of worldwide healthcare staff
Choir formed to raise spirits amid COVID meets in Geneva to mark WHO anniversary
06 Apr 2023
Nurse to pay £55k over nursing home resident deaths
Caroline Taylforth had pleaded guilty to two counts of causing avoidable harm
06 Apr 2023