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Shift patterns you can predict: is roster consistency important for work-life balance?
Sensitively spaced days off boost morale, but views are split on length of shifts – study
16 Feb 2024
‘Bullying and intimidating’ nurse suspended from register
Mental health nurse Declan Carroll’s behaviour led to NMC fitness to practise panel verdict
15 Feb 2024
Letby hospital failed to assure patients it was safe after verdict, says report
CQC says failures included inadequate nurse staffing levels and compromised patient safety
14 Feb 2024
General practice nurses continue to miss out on pay award as leaders call for action
Primary care staff’s salary rises ‘being treated as an afterthought’
13 Feb 2024
Nurses offered £6,000 bonuses to remain in hard-to-fill NHS posts
But do ‘golden hellos’ merely shift recruitment issues from one employer to another?
12 Feb 2024
Next NHS pay award needs to be a decent one, union tells government
Start pay talks now if you want to avoid repeat of strike action, minister is urged
09 Feb 2024
Lucy Letby renews her appeal against murder convictions
Three judges will decide whether to grant leave to appeal to former nurse
08 Feb 2024
Cost-of-living struggles continue to push nurses to think of quitting the profession
Survey suggests many are in arrears with rent, mortgages and bills, and even skip meals
07 Feb 2024
Write off nurses’ loans after ten years, says report
Call for nurses’ student debt averaging £48,000 to be forgiven if they stay in the NHS
07 Feb 2024
More competency courses added for overseas nurses
Tests offered for mental health and children’s nurses, amid rising demand for staff
06 Feb 2024
Flexible new nursing degree will support work-life balance
Part-time degree aims to enable those with experience in caring roles to enter nursing
06 Feb 2024
Now restore nurses’ pay, union tells Northern Ireland’s leaders
RCN demands urgent action to give nurses and others parity with rest of UK
05 Feb 2024
Updated sepsis guidance ensures more targeted use of antibiotics
New advice gives more time to decide on antibiotic use for those less severely ill
02 Feb 2024
Overseas workers’ treatment akin to human trafficking, MP says
Kwasi Kwarteng urges government to provide better protection for health and care workers
01 Feb 2024
Lucy Letby is refused permission to appeal murder convictions
Court of Appeal turns down application by former nurse who received life sentence last year
31 Jan 2024
‘Seismic shift’ in nurse pay urgently needed, union says
Nurses should never have to ‘finish your career on the same salary band as you started’
30 Jan 2024
Newly registered nurses describe work culture as full of fear, anxiety and exhaustion
Report on challenges for newly qualified nurses and midwives calls for changes in NHS
30 Jan 2024
Nursing associates celebrate five years of service in NHS
Nursing leaders praise benefits the role brings to the health service and patient care
29 Jan 2024