Welcome to the UK: trusts join forces to help nurses from overseas settle in
Support package includes 30 days’ free housing, a month’s bus pass and money advice
29 Jun 2023
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‘Shocked, angry and deflated’: nurses react to ballot after losing strike mandate
Social media posts show a profession let down by trade union laws and postal vote failures
28 Jun 2023
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Nursing Live: Michael Rosen will ‘express my gratitude’ to nurses at event
The poet and broadcaster will discuss his COVID-19 experience and the care he received
28 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby: defence sums up by rounding on ‘poor’ scientific evidence
Research paper in prosecution case is unsafe basis for conviction, says defence barrister
28 Jun 2023
Thousands of nurses who voted to carry on striking blocked by ballot turnout rules
Large majority of NHS members in RCN ballot voted to press ahead with further walkouts
27 Jun 2023
Summer strikes paused as fresh talks agreed – but pay off the table
July strikes have been paused as Welsh Government agrees to discuss current deal
27 Jun 2023
Lack of PPE due to planning for wrong type of pandemic, inquiry told
Rosemary Gallagher also says government failed to consult nurses when pandemic planning
27 Jun 2023
UK struggles to keep its nurses as emigration fuels ‘strikingly low’ workforce numbers
Far more nurses move to practise in Australia and New Zealand than the other way round
26 Jun 2023
Nurses ‘taking HCA roles to avoid risk of blame over compromised care’
Some fear they will be struck off over care given in overstretched settings, says professor
26 Jun 2023
Claims some RCN ballots never arrived cast doubt over further strikes
RCN members vent their frustration at papers not received or received too late
23 Jun 2023
Anti-strike bill: MPs again reject changes to protect nurses’ jobs
The House of Lords amendments would allow nurses to strike without fear of the sack
22 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby falsified records to cover her tracks, jury told
Prosecutor says the accused nurse lied when she said she did not remember baby who died
22 Jun 2023
Senior NHS staff must be held to account for racist culture, warns equality campaigner
Anti-racism policies will fail without accountability at the top, says Neomi Bennett
22 Jun 2023
Apprenticeships could target areas with largest nursing gaps
Health secretary Steve Barclay says ‘we need to grow our domestic supply’
21 Jun 2023
Post votes now, nurses urged, amid worries strike ballot threshold won’t be met
Numbers are ‘very tight’ warns RCN chief as strike ballot deadline looms
21 Jun 2023
COVID bonus: minister stands firm on plan that could mean bank and other nurses lose out
He insists unions agreed some pay-outs will be left to discretion of individual employers
20 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby ‘gaslighted’ neonatal team to believe baby deaths were run of bad luck
Accused nurse was ‘calculated and devious’, prosecutor says in closing speech
20 Jun 2023
Enforced 12-hour shifts link to staff burnout and exhaustion
Nurses who are compelled to work longer shifts have higher risk of burnout, study finds
20 Jun 2023