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Band 7, 8 and 9 nursing job profile review: have your say

Consultation begins on proposed changes to more accurately reflect skills and training

NHS pension scheme: ready reckoner tool will help you track your annual allowance 

New tool is designed to help members understand their pension and potential liability

Nursing student appeals to NMC for compassionate leave allowance

Emma Garner missed placement shifts to be with her ill son

Ward manager struck off after ‘witch’ jibe and conduct and competence issues

Band 7 nurse humiliated colleagues, used foul language and made clinical errors
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Nursing Live on 23-24 October can help nurses and students in all specialties

NHS pay: delays to salary uplifts to end

Wes Streeting promises timely pay decision, but RCN wary of ‘language of austerity’

New nurses should begin their careers on band 6 – and more than £37,000 a year

£7K pay uplift for new nurses would attract brilliance, says RCN chief

COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards

Former national adviser tells inquiry about trauma of nurses’ experiences in the pandemic

5.5% pay rise isn’t enough: NHS staff tell union leaders they reject 2024-25 award

RCN members in show of resolve over this year’s delayed pay rise

From placements to Starbucks: newly registered nurses struggle to find NHS jobs 

New nurses report working as baristas as trusts impose recruitment freezes and staff cuts

Number of students accepted onto nursing degree courses lowest in over a decade

Slump in course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on student finances

Tearful former chief nurse tells COVID inquiry of nursing staff’s struggles in pandemic

She said ‘catastrophic’ loss of NHS student bursary robbed workforce of thousands of nurses

Nurse who faced more than 100 charges struck off

FtP panel told of inappropriate challenges to medication and patient discharge

Recommended 5.5% pay rise approved for nurses in Wales

Award receives tepid response from RCN Wales, which will now ask members if it’s enough

Toll of high-pressure court work means many nurses quit – or intend to

Learning disability nurses tell survey about struggles with Court of Protection work 

Nurse used funds from patient activity budget to pay for staff party

NMC panel hands out two-month suspension, but finds nurse is not ‘inherently dishonest’

Nursing job profiles: nurses won’t know review outcome until 2025

Band 4-6 revised profiles will be published after review of all bands is complete

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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