Liz Truss dismisses nurses using food banks as ‘talking down’ NHS
RCN says nurses will be dismayed by the PM’s ‘dismissive response to the reality they face’
07 Sep 2022
Focus on pay
The NHS pay deal trumpeted as being the ‘biggest pay rise in a decade’ has come into effect.
However, within days of nurses in England receiving their first pay increase, RCN general secretary Janet Davies issued an apology after it emerged some staff had got less than they thought they would.
The college has now launched an independent review into the situation.
Read our series on the pay deal which also covers what is happening with staff who work outside of the NHS and in the other UK nations
Republic of Ireland nurses to vote on strike action over pay
The Irish and Midwives Organisation to ballot members from 1 September over the 5% pay offer
24 Aug 2022
Soaring inflation means nurses face ‘miserly’ pay offer – TUC
Union warns that nurses’ real pay down £5,200 compared with 2010
10 Jun 2022
Pressure on ‘severely depleted’ nursing workforce cannot go on, report warns
RCN says patient and nurse safety is at risk and contributing to an unsustainable NHS
15 Nov 2021
Pay supplements touted for hard-to-recruit nursing posts
Proposed use of premiums worth up to 30% of salary dismissed by RCN as ‘sticking plaster’
22 Jul 2020
Members pass vote of no confidence in RCN council
Motion calls for council to stand down over handling of England pay deal
28 Sep 2018
EGM: RCN members’ views ahead of the vote
Nursing Standard speaks to members attending the meeting in Birmingham
28 Sep 2018
‘Complexity of pay deal contributed to miscommunication from RCN’
Interim report on handling of England pay deal finds ‘lack of clarity’ on its implementation
07 Sep 2018
NHS pay deal row: RCN announces details of no confidence vote in leadership
College says interim findings of external review will also be published shortly
06 Sep 2018
NHS pay deal confusion: your questions answered
The 12 biggest questions on the 'misleading' pay deal answered by the RCN
02 Aug 2018
NHS pay deal: we feel misled by Unison, say member group
Unison faces a call for answers on how NHS pay deal was 'sold' to members
01 Aug 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN pledges independent review over confusion
Petition submitted to RCN amid anger over how some members say it promoted NHS pay deal
27 Jul 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN general secretary issues extraordinary personal apology
NHS pay deal amounts to less than nurses were promised, says RCN
25 Jul 2018
Pay rise for staff on Agenda for Change contracts outside NHS
NHS pay deal to be extended to nurses employed by arm’s-length providers
13 Jul 2018
Unions to consult on NHS Wales pay deal
Deal ‘matches and in some cases goes beyond’ the one agreed in England
05 Jul 2018
NHS pay in Scotland: 'the biggest rise in a decade'...
Nurses on AfC offered 9% pay increase – with reform of terms and conditions
25 Jun 2018
Is this the best pay offer NHS nurses can hope for? Yes, probably
The NHS pay proposal clearly doesn’t please everyone, but it is almost certainly the best...
25 May 2018
Is stereotyping affecting your pay?
A planned research project will investigate whether social attitudes to nursing have created...
05 Apr 2018