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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
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
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
11 Nov 2024
‘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
05 Nov 2024
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
04 Nov 2024
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
31 Oct 2024
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
30 Oct 2024