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Lucy Letby: lawyers seek to challenge verdicts as witness ‘changes mind’

Former nurse’s defence team also says it has fresh evidence to contradict trial findings

Fitness to practise: top reasons for NMC referrals revealed

With a 14% rise in concerns raised this year, the regulator lists most frequent complaints

Nurse pay: ‘offensive’ 2.8% proposal is worth just £2 a day

Government says rise of over 2.8% would be difficult in its NHS Pay Review Body evidence 

Nurses with long-COVID being ‘let down by their employers’

Survey reveals lack of support, with inadequate safeguarding of staff well-being

Hospital’s ‘gross failure’ contributed to patient’s death

A mental health patient died following improper administration of an anti-psychotic drug

Steep rise in new registrants quitting profession, as recruitment slows

Burnout blamed for ‘devastating’ surge in newly registered nurses leaving NMC register

Fitness to practise backlog: NMC cannot be expected to police nurses, says new adviser

Anthony Omo, short-term adviser to the regulator, made his comments at a NMC members’ meeting

Axe NHS Pay Review Body: nursing unions urge government to deal directly with them

1 million NHS staff won’t receive April pay rises if government waits for pay review report

Nurse struck off for signing off her own competencies when newly registered

NMC fitness to practise panel heard Rose Stark’s supervisor denied signatures were hers

NMC gets fourth chief exec in eight months – but will he make fitness to practise fair?

Beleaguered regulator’s next boss urged to work with unions to transform FtP performance

Long-awaited national nurse uniform roll-out to start by new year

‘Pathfinder’ trusts will launch England’s standardised NHS uniforms in the coming weeks

Nurse identity fraud: NMC investigates stolen identity cases

NMC warns employers to be vigilant after non-nurses use others’ details to secure jobs

Agency staff ban: ‘NHS has to get a grip’ on eye-watering spend

Health secretary will outline proposal to ban agency spend for band 2 and 3 posts

Trainee nurse wins tribunal case after patient claimed he made her pregnant

Trust’s argument that she left for career as social media influencer is rejected

‘I owe £82,000: how are tuition fee increases going to help?’

Heavily in debt nurse warns fees hike could ramp up recruitment and retention crisis

More nurses reject NHS pay award: what happens next?

Nursing staff in Wales have voted to reject the 5.5% pay award on offer for 2024-25

Struck off: nurse whose basic care failures left vulnerable patient in near-death state

Mental health nurse neglected to take action to protect service user

Our poll reveals nurses want pay rise like junior doctors, as NHS gets budget boost

Nursing Standard poll shows majority support demands for 22% rise and reject current award

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