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Nurse safety: ‘serious concerns’ over driving after long shifts

RCN and road safety charity express concerns about staff driving home after long shifts

Band 7 ward manager suspended by NMC for leaving early from bank shifts on her own ward

Nurse told investigation she started early and rarely took a lunch break

More time to have your say on band 7, 8 and 9 job profiles review

NHS Staff Council extends consultation period on review of profiles for senior roles

New year honours list 2025: the nurses recognised

Outstanding leadership and clinical care represents ‘the very best of the profession’

NHS managers could face ban for serious misconduct and failure to act on concerns

Nurses invited to contribute to a consultation on introducing regulation for NHS managers

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

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