Pay review: delay inevitable as government yet to trigger 2024-25 process
Any pay deal decided will not be completed before new financial year
14 Dec 2023
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Protecting you from physical and verbal abuse – what healthcare organisations can do
Framework aims to help employers prevent and learn from patients’ or public’s attacks
13 Dec 2023
Freedom of speech: new guidance for nurses on expressing opinions
The NMC has clarified when publicly aired opinions could compromise fitness to practise
13 Dec 2023
Lucy Letby struck off NMC register in formal move following murder convictions
Serial child killer did not contest fitness to practise process, but maintains her innocence
12 Dec 2023
Nurses forced to pay for criminal record checks when moving jobs or seeking promotion
Lottery sees some employers making nurses pay for legal checks themselves, union says
12 Dec 2023
Expectation for nurses to be resilient and stoic can be toxic
Burnout and stress should not be considered a sign of weakness, report states
11 Dec 2023
Support staff doing tasks of nurses puts care at risk – report
RCN Wales says support workers should never be pressured to work beyond their competencies
08 Dec 2023
‘Compassionate nursing leadership creates high-quality care’
NMC campaign asks nurses what qualities they expect from nurse leaders
08 Dec 2023
NHS ‘cover-up culture’ under spotlight as review launched into duty of candour
Investigation comes amid concerns about lack of openness and transparency
08 Dec 2023
Nurse retention drive extends to more NHS trusts after 11% fall in leavers
Scheme includes clinical ‘support squads’ to aid staff with menopausal symptoms
07 Dec 2023
Nursing student recruitment: ‘we’re going in the wrong direction’
Data show student numbers fell by 10.6% in 2023 sparking criticism of NHS workforce plan
07 Dec 2023
NHS ‘squander billions on agency staff’ instead of nurse training
RCN analysis finds NHS spent more than £3 billion over three years
06 Dec 2023
Your right to strike: condemnation for law limiting nurses’ scope for industrial action
Act could be legal breach, say unions and other groups monitoring post-Brexit rule changes
06 Dec 2023
‘Cruel’ curbs on migrant care workers seen as disaster for NHS and social care
Ban on family members will discourage migrants, adding to workforce shortages, say critics
05 Dec 2023
You can’t blame nurses’ strikes for record NHS waiting lists, minister told
Health and social care secretary said industrial action is one cause of backlogs
05 Dec 2023
Hospital intruder who posed as an agency nurse gave patient care and stole documentation
Security breach is a lesson for all healthcare organisations, said privacy watchdog
01 Dec 2023
Chronic shortage of sickle cell nurses putting patients at risk
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu calls for action to increase nurse numbers in specialty
01 Dec 2023
New anti-strike code of practice approved by MPs, despite human rights concerns
Government anti-strike measures called ‘a brazen attack on the right to strike’
30 Nov 2023