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ICU strike threat: trust’s redeployment plan could heighten nurses’ burnout risk – union

But trust claims ICU nurses could become deskilled by current lack of more complex caseload

Nurse shift pattern changes possible in work-life balance review

Review of flexible working is aimed at improving work-life balance as well as recruitment

Nursing associate job ad calls for ‘registered nurse’ ability

Trust removes ad after concerns raised over replacing registered nurses with associates

Patient death due partly to repositioning plan being ignored

Coroner’s report says patient developed septicaemia after lack of adherence to care plan

Bill to legally protect ‘nurse’ job title clears first hurdle in parliament

Labour MP Dawn Butler proposed legislation to ensure only registered nurses use the title

Struck off: hospital nurse jailed for stealing more than £100,000 from three patients

I was blinded by the money but am a good nurse, Kelvin Ramasta told NMC

Plan to close another nursing campus sparks further concern

University cites financial reasons, as RCN says we can’t afford for nurse supply to shrink

New push for legal protection of ‘nurse’ in job titles to protect patients

Bill would make it illegal for anyone to call themselves nurse unless registered with NMC

Lucy Letby: medical experts claim she did not murder babies

Expert says deaths blamed on former nurse resulted from natural causes or poor medical care

Top nursing school closure plan sparks alarm among students

Cardiff University has begun consultation on shutting highly ranked nursing school

Big rise in fitness to practise referrals is masking progress made on backlogs, says NMC

Referrals to the regulator are increasing, which risks undoing work to tackle caseloads

Band 7-9 draft job profile updates ‘undervalue senior nurses’ expertise’

Give senior NHS nurses the recognition they deserve, RCN tells roles review

Man charged with murder of much loved nurse lecturer

Shocked university community pays tribute to ‘dedicated educator and compassionate mentor’

Patient death: prescription charts ‘not completed on 15 days’

Hospital told to urgently address nurses’ awareness of duty to complete documentation

NHS pension remedy would offer choice of benefits for nurses

McCloud remedy aims to address age discrimination against younger staff

Nurse who performed CPR on woman as she choked to death had ‘insufficient’ training

Key information about patient’s swallowing issues was also not passed to front-line staff

Care in corridors, toilets and cupboards: nurses share harrowing stories

Nurses’ powerful testimonies describe corridor care as ‘exhausting and soul-destroying’

Nurse struck off for prescribing Botox remotely and unsafely

Heather Hazzard failed to check the qualifications of reporter who posed as a beauty...

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