Nurse fitness to practise referrals soar amid high case backlog
NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary caseload
03 Apr 2024
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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
Flexible working: how nurses will benefit from change in law
The flexible working request changes that will come into force in April
13 Mar 2024
Tarred with the same brush? Nurses pay with their mental health for Lucy Letby’s crimes
Surge in calls to helpline partly blamed on post-Letby climate of suspicion
12 Mar 2024
Surge in nurses fleeing England lured by better pay, conditions and lifestyle
Number of nurses seeking jobs overseas jumps fivefold, driven by cost of living pressures
11 Mar 2024
NHS pay review process ‘in dire need of reform’
Nuffield Trust also says nurse-doctor pay gap is one of largest among comparable countries
08 Mar 2024
NHS Staff Survey: nurses lift lid on working in health service
Latest survey results highlight burnout, sexual harassment and pay dissatisfaction
07 Mar 2024
Restraint urged on nurses’ pay after ‘generous’ award last year
NHS pay body is told budgets are ‘extremely constrained’ for 2024-25 pay offer
06 Mar 2024