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Learning disability nurses say they are struggling to cope with pressures from Court of Protection work

Toll of high-pressure court work means many nurses quit – or intend to

Learning disability nurses tell survey about struggles with Court of Protection work

RCN Foundation grant can progress your career and improve patient care

Develop your career or help fund your degree with an RCN Foundation grant

Applications open until 18 October – and you don’t have to be an RCN member to be eligible

Patient deaths remain raised when temporary nurses plug staffing gaps

Employing temporary nurses reduces but does not eliminate higher safety risk

RCN is asking nursing staff in an online consultation to say if they approve or disapprove of a pay award of 5.5%; picture shows a finger touching a tick mark on a screen

Consultation opens for you to give your verdict on NHS pay award

RCN consultation invites members to say if 5.5% rise is ‘enough of a start on our journey’

Images of a nurse squatting down due to exhaustion against a background showing nurses doing various tasks

Alarming surge in numbers of nurses quitting, with many citing burnout

Stark data show thousands leave nursing early which is a tragedy for patient care, says RCN

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Nursing Live: free two-day event counts towards your CPD

Unique two-day celebration of nursing, with a focus on continuing professional development

Nicola Ranger

Delayed NHS pay award will be top item in new nursing union boss’s in-tray

Nicola Ranger has been named as RCN’s next general secretary

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Nursing profession ‘has lost confidence NMC can keep public safe’

Government urged to act after review finds toxic culture and ineffective FtP processes

Photo of air ambulance nurse Amy Buxton, who features in recruitment campaign

This Nurse Can: student recruitment campaign smashes stereotypes

Innovative campaign highlights breadth of roles, from air ambulance to global opportunities

A woman, viewed from behind, facing professional panel of four, to illustrate NMC FtP panel process

Toxic culture at NMC is endangering nurses’ lives

Nurses are being let down by their regulator, leading lawyer finds

Office filing cabinet drawer is open, revealing files marked ‘investigations’ and ‘fraud’, to illustrate nurses’ removal from NMC register because of test centre fraud

Test centre fraud: NMC strips seven nurses of their registration

Suspicions were aroused because competence tests were completed ‘exceptionally fast’

Helen Herniman, who has been appointed interim CEO for the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Racism row forces NMC to appoint second CEO in less than a week

Helen Herniman is now in post as the regulator’s interim chief executive

Lib Dem leader’s pledge to improve cancer care and push for emergency health budget

Sir Ed Davey wants to provide a specialist nurse for every cancer patient if party is elected

Agency and bank: NHS employers’ spending hits record high

Option of extra shifts benefits many staff, but union calls for longer-term staffing plan

Resolve pay issues this summer, Ranger tells politicians

Whoever is in power after general election must end unfair delays, says RCN acting leader

RCN leader Pat Cullen quits so she can seek selection to stand in general election

General secretary who took nurses into historic strikes stands down in bid to become MP

Nurses’ general election priorities: what’s on your policy wish list?

Nursing leaders and organisations respond to the announcement of a July general election

National nurses’ uniform to make its debut at NHS trust

Nurses in Derbyshire will be the first to wear the uniform, which comes in various colours

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