Your employment rights: changes to carer’s leave, pregnancy rules and flexible working
Time off to support dependants becomes a legal right and redundancy protection is extended
12 Apr 2024
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Nursing student numbers: degree places ‘getting harder to fill’
University says it cannot meet national targets and had to scrap mental health intake
11 Apr 2024
Compensation for charge nurse told she had to stop solely working night shifts
Managers rowed back on reasonable adjustments that helped her manage a chronic condition
10 Apr 2024
Sexual harassment faced by hundreds of NHS staff goes unreported
Incidents include being touched or asked for sex, but half those affected don’t raise it
09 Apr 2024
Nurses should get £35k starting salary, government told
RCN head Pat Cullen wants overhaul of pay bandings and improvements to nurse career pathway
08 Apr 2024
Separate pay spine for nurses: decision draws a step closer
Nurses urged to air views on pay as government consultation closes at midnight
04 Apr 2024
Nurse fitness to practise referrals soar amid high case backlog
NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary caseload
03 Apr 2024
Groundbreaking safe staffing law now in force for nurses in Scotland
All Scottish health and care settings must have enough qualified nurses to provide safe care
02 Apr 2024
NMC closes temporary register set up during COVID-19 crisis
Temporary register saw thousands return to nursing to aid vulnerable at peak of pandemic
01 Apr 2024
NMC agrees to regulate nursing associate role in Wales
First nursing associates expected to begin training in autumn 2025
28 Mar 2024
Two nurses removed from NMC register for test fraud
Regulator found evidence of fraudulent computer-based tests at a centre in Nigeria
27 Mar 2024
Nurse suspended after trying to get selfie with footballer
NMC gives nurse four-month suspension for breaching code and patient privacy
26 Mar 2024
Nurses reject pay offer as it falls short of giving them parity
Nurses in Northern Ireland refuse deal that fails to bring them in line with England
25 Mar 2024
Purple uniforms introduced for advanced nurse practitioners
Scottish trust’s uniforms ensure better recognition of ANPs in emergency settings
22 Mar 2024
Reminder for nurses after claim of prying into Kate’s medical notes during hospital stay
Health minister cautions nurses after newspaper reports attempt to access princess’s records
20 Mar 2024
Discrimination in NHS: report reveals ‘glacial’ pace of change
Figures also show level of bullying or harassment of black and minority ethnic female nurses
19 Mar 2024
Nurse struck off for altering patient’s notes after death
Fitness to practise hearing finds Helen Powell deliberately misled the Coroner’s Court
15 Mar 2024
DNACPR: nurses need training to improve vital conversations
Scenario-based training and guidance on end of life conversations is needed, says report
14 Mar 2024