Nurse retention drive extends to more NHS trusts after 11% fall in leavers
Scheme includes clinical ‘support squads’ to aid staff with menopausal symptoms
07 Dec 2023
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Nursing student recruitment: ‘we’re going in the wrong direction’
Data show student numbers fell by 10.6% in 2023 sparking criticism of NHS workforce plan
07 Dec 2023
NHS ‘squander billions on agency staff’ instead of nurse training
RCN analysis finds NHS spent more than £3 billion over three years
06 Dec 2023
Your right to strike: condemnation for law limiting nurses’ scope for industrial action
Act could be legal breach, say unions and other groups monitoring post-Brexit rule changes
06 Dec 2023
‘Cruel’ curbs on migrant care workers seen as disaster for NHS and social care
Ban on family members will discourage migrants, adding to workforce shortages, say critics
05 Dec 2023
You can’t blame nurses’ strikes for record NHS waiting lists, minister told
Health and social care secretary said industrial action is one cause of backlogs
05 Dec 2023
Avoidable deaths prompt calls for improved learning disability nursing provision in NHS
Report also cites lack of understanding of patients’ requirements in acute hospitals
04 Dec 2023
Hospital intruder who posed as an agency nurse gave patient care and stole documentation
Security breach is a lesson for all healthcare organisations, said privacy watchdog
01 Dec 2023
New anti-strike code of practice approved by MPs, despite human rights concerns
Government anti-strike measures called ‘a brazen attack on the right to strike’
30 Nov 2023
UK-trained nurse numbers hits record high but red-list recruitment remains a concern
NMC records a rise of almost 20,000 registrants in six months
30 Nov 2023
Rise in nurses hits 50,000 target but too many posts still unfilled, say critics
‘Political target’ met but nurses still having to care for too many patients, says RCN
30 Nov 2023
NHS pay deal: reopen talks with nurses, union leader urges government
Consultants’ better deal exposes injustice our female-dominated profession faces – RCN
29 Nov 2023
Focus on curbing exploitation of foreign staff, not immigration levels, minister told
Union and care providers call on government to take action against unethical employers
28 Nov 2023
Nurses may see shorter working week if AfC recommendations approved
Scottish Government also considering pay changes and protected learning time
28 Nov 2023
Consultants’ pay deal highlights ‘galling’ disparity for nurses
NHS nurses received the lowest public sector pay deal, with no promise of pay scale reform
27 Nov 2023
Warning of mental health nurses substituted on inpatient wards
But NHS denies any inappropriate staffing in mental health and learning disability services
27 Nov 2023
Nurses’ views bypassed in higher-level staffing decisions
Data given precedence over nursing judgement at the cost of patient care, study finds
24 Nov 2023
Nurse helpline sees calls about suicide double in one year
Nursing leaders warn of mental health crisis and call for funds for dedicated support
24 Nov 2023