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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
09 Jan 2025
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
07 Jan 2025
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
06 Jan 2025
New year honours list 2025: the nurses recognised
Outstanding leadership and clinical care represents ‘the very best of the profession’
30 Dec 2024
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
17 Dec 2024
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
16 Dec 2024
Fitness to practise: top reasons for NMC referrals revealed
With a 14% rise in concerns raised this year, the regulator lists most frequent complaints
12 Dec 2024
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
11 Dec 2024
Nurses with long-COVID being ‘let down by their employers’
Survey reveals lack of support, with inadequate safeguarding of staff well-being
05 Dec 2024
Hospital’s ‘gross failure’ contributed to patient’s death
A mental health patient died following improper administration of an anti-psychotic drug
03 Dec 2024
Steep rise in new registrants quitting profession, as recruitment slows
Burnout blamed for ‘devastating’ surge in newly registered nurses leaving NMC register
02 Dec 2024
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
28 Nov 2024
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
26 Nov 2024
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
20 Nov 2024
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
19 Nov 2024
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
18 Nov 2024
Nurse identity fraud: NMC investigates stolen identity cases
NMC warns employers to be vigilant after non-nurses use others’ details to secure jobs
14 Nov 2024
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
12 Nov 2024