Calls to bring back face masks to combat new COVID-19 variant
NHS has received calls to reintroduce personal protective equipment as per WHO advice
04 Jan 2024
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Junior doctors’ strike: do nurses have to pick up the workload?
A fresh wave of NHS industrial action is likely to directly affect nursing workloads
04 Jan 2024
Nursing apprentices celebrate as their programme’s first cohort to qualify
Two-year programme was established by independent healthcare provider
04 Jan 2024
NHS staff fork out £46.6m to park at work as fees soar by 830%
Government criticised for not fulfilling its pledge to crack down on unfair parking fees
03 Jan 2024
Unions would rally behind nurses sacked under ‘toxic’ new strike law, says TUC
Right to strike will be defended in face of new law on enforcing minimum service levels
03 Jan 2024
Letby inquiry: former head of nursing named as core participant
Alison Kelly is one of four former senior managers who will be part of the inquiry
02 Jan 2024
Nurses need to push ministers further over pay, says RCN’s Pat Cullen
College would back nurses to strike again after making only modest progress last year
02 Jan 2024
The nurses recognised in the 2024 new year honours list
Leaders in dementia, cancer, community and mental healthcare among those recognised
29 Dec 2023
NHS pay: delay to next deal looks likely as minister emphasises need for ‘affordability’
Health unions accuse government of trying to interfere in pay review body’s independence
21 Dec 2023
50,000 extra nurses pledge met mostly via overseas recruitment
Only 3,500 of the 50,000 nurses were sourced from domestic retention or recruitment
21 Dec 2023
Doctor who sexually harassed two nurses avoids suspension
‘Proportionate’ sanctions to be imposed on Nour Rezk after a GMC appeal
20 Dec 2023
Boost to nursing workforce as student places double in ten years
1,000 nurses and midwives set to qualify in Northern Ireland after boost to student places
19 Dec 2023
Nurse retention must improve amid ‘stubbornly’ high vacancy rates
RCN Scotland urges government to fund reforms including a shorter working week
18 Dec 2023
Nurse jailed for seven years for ill-treating patients
Catherine Hudson was convicted of drugging patients on a stroke unit to ‘keep them quiet’
14 Dec 2023
Pay review: delay inevitable as government yet to trigger 2024-25 process
Any pay deal decided will not be completed before new financial year
14 Dec 2023
Protecting you from physical and verbal abuse – what healthcare organisations can do
Framework aims to help employers prevent and learn from patients’ or public’s attacks
13 Dec 2023
Freedom of speech: new guidance for nurses on expressing opinions
The NMC has clarified when publicly aired opinions could compromise fitness to practise
13 Dec 2023
Lucy Letby struck off NMC register in formal move following murder convictions
Serial child killer did not contest fitness to practise process, but maintains her innocence
12 Dec 2023