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Apprenticeships could target areas with largest nursing gaps

Health secretary Steve Barclay says ‘we need to grow our domestic supply’

Post votes now, nurses urged, amid worries strike ballot threshold won’t be met

Numbers are ‘very tight’ warns RCN chief as strike ballot deadline looms

COVID bonus: minister stands firm on plan that could mean bank and other nurses lose out

He insists unions agreed some pay-outs will be left to discretion of individual employers

Lucy Letby ‘gaslighted’ neonatal team to believe baby deaths were run of bad luck

Accused nurse was ‘calculated and devious’, prosecutor says in closing speech

Enforced 12-hour shifts link to staff burnout and exhaustion

Nurses who are compelled to work longer shifts have higher risk of burnout, study finds

Partygate: we watched people die, we couldn’t see our loved ones – but they celebrated

Nurses’ anger at Boris Johnson and the conduct of lockdown-breaking political staff

King’s birthday honours list: dozens of nurses receive awards

Front-line staff, army nurses and educators among the many nurses honoured by the King

Public support for nurses’ strikes higher than ever – survey

Poll finds 3% rise in support compared with similar poll in December

Lucy Letby trial judge tells jury to be calm and fair as case enters closing stage

Jurors prepare to hear summing-up from barristers for the Crown and the nurse’s defence

Relief for sore hands as mild cleansers found to kill many viruses

Study finds skin-friendly cleansers can stop viruses such as coronavirus and influenza

Call to extend COVID bonus to all nurses amid doubts it was promised

Nurse leaders warn that ‘unworkable’ two-tier pay award will push excluded nurses to quit

Employing more managers will not fix NHS workforce crisis, say nurses

‘We need more nurses – end of,’ say Nursing Standard readers in response to IPPR report

Lucy Letby trial: plumber recalls frequency of blocked drains in old hospital building

Ageing site had sewerage issues, and nursery flooded when cloth was forced down plughole

NHS pay review body branded 'outdated' as unions asked for feedback

Pay body exists in vacuum and risks disastrous repeat of disputes, Barclay is told

800 extra overseas recruits fail to reverse NHS workforce decline

Scotland has more than 4,000 nurse vacancies as workforce figures continue to fall

Lost nursing student places saved by outside funding

Backing by Dublin for 200 university places in North, nurses can work both sides of border

Nurses may face fines for hospital parking – or have to park off-site

Glasgow Royal Infirmary nurses cannot park in the patient zone for longer than four hours

NHS staffing crisis is harming care and creating tensions with patients, survey suggests

Poor pay and retention combine to pile pressure on the over-stretched staff who stay

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