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’
04 Sep 2024
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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
03 Sep 2024
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
02 Sep 2024
Develop your career or help fund your degree with an RCN Foundation grant
Applications open until 18 October – and you don’t have to be an RCN member to be eligible
27 Aug 2024
Nurses in Scotland to vote on latest pay offer: will it be enough?
Unions are considering the long-awaited offer before consulting members
21 Aug 2024
Nurse suspended after lowering patients’ early warning scores
Panel finds nurse lowered NEWS but did not note this alteration or escalate condition
20 Aug 2024
Patient deaths remain raised when temporary nurses plug staffing gaps
Employing temporary nurses reduces but does not eliminate higher safety risk
19 Aug 2024
Recruitment crisis: what would make nursing degrees more attractive to students?
Students need greater grant support to ensure they can afford to eat, says degree leader
15 Aug 2024
Mary Seacole statue defaced in ‘disgraceful act of vandalism’
Memorial to nurse who has come to symbolise profession’s diversity is splattered with paint
14 Aug 2024
Hospital reviews nursing staff numbers in ED after woman is found dying under her coat
Coroner orders NHS trust to provide progress report on resolving risk of preventable deaths
13 Aug 2024
Consultation opens for you to give your verdict on NHS pay award
RCN consultation invites members to say if 5.5% rise is ‘enough of a start on our journey’
08 Aug 2024
Riots: nursing staff can refuse to treat racist or violent patients
Updated guidance states that staff may withdraw care in certain situations
07 Aug 2024
‘I shouldn’t have done it’: nurse who apologised for falsifying time sheets struck off
Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts at the Royal Preston Hospital
06 Aug 2024
‘Scared to go to work’: Filipino nurses attacked in city riots
Nurses were going to work at hospital providing emergency cover amid violence, report says
05 Aug 2024
ICU nurses awarded tens of thousands of pounds in band 6 back pay
The 13 staff secured the award after job evaluation moved their roles from band 5 to band 6
31 Jul 2024
NHS pay award: are you prepared to accept 5.5% – for now at least?
Consultation to open on what nurses think of government’s pay award in England
30 Jul 2024
NHS pay offer: is 5.5% enough of a start on the path to pay restoration?
Union to consult members and says nurses employed by NHS contractors must be part of deal
29 Jul 2024
NMC fitness to practise: 16 nurses under investigation died by suicide in past six years
Regulator confirms number of deaths while undergoing fitness to practise process
24 Jul 2024