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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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Nurses in Scotland to vote on latest pay offer: will it be enough?

Unions are considering the long-awaited offer before consulting members

Nurse suspended after lowering patients’ early warning scores

Panel finds nurse lowered NEWS but did not note this alteration or escalate condition

Patient deaths remain raised when temporary nurses plug staffing gaps

Employing temporary nurses reduces but does not eliminate higher safety risk

Recruitment crisis: what would make nursing degrees more attractive to students?

Students need greater grant support to ensure they can afford to eat, says degree leader

Mary Seacole statue defaced in ‘disgraceful act of vandalism’

Memorial to nurse who has come to symbolise profession’s diversity is splattered with paint

Hospital reviews nursing staff numbers in ED after woman is found dying under her coat

Coroner orders NHS trust to provide progress report on resolving risk of preventable deaths

Consultation opens for you to give your verdict on NHS pay award

RCN consultation invites members to say if 5.5% rise is ‘enough of a start on our journey’

Riots: nursing staff can refuse to treat racist or violent patients

Updated guidance states that staff may withdraw care in certain situations

‘I shouldn’t have done it’: nurse who apologised for falsifying time sheets struck off

Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts at the Royal Preston Hospital

‘Scared to go to work’: Filipino nurses attacked in city riots

Nurses were going to work at hospital providing emergency cover amid violence, report says

ICU nurses awarded tens of thousands of pounds in band 6 back pay 

The 13 staff secured the award after job evaluation moved their roles from band 5 to band 6

Is a 5.5% pay offer on the horizon?

Recommended pay rise seen as minimum, with RCN to ballot members before accepting any offer

Alarming surge in numbers of nurses quitting, with many citing burnout

Stark data show thousands leave nursing early which is a tragedy for patient care, says RCN
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Delayed NHS pay award will be top item in new nursing union boss’s in-tray

Nicola Ranger has been named as RCN’s next general secretary 

Nursing profession ‘has lost confidence NMC can keep public safe’

Government urged to act after review finds toxic culture and ineffective FtP processes

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