News
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Delayed pay offer to nurses in Northern Ireland rejected
Offer similar to those in England and Wales dismissed as RCN says strikes will go ahead
12 Dec 2022
Named and shamed: the tax avoidance schemes targeting nurses
HM Revenue and Customs urging nurses to withdraw from schemes run by Charteris Management...
12 Dec 2022
Working at Christmas? Check your ho-ho-holiday pay entitlement
You may be entitled to an enhanced payment for working on a festive bank holiday this year
09 Dec 2022
‘Deeply troubling’ slump seen in students joining nursing courses this year
Degree courses attracted 3,200 fewer students, blamed on poor treatment of the profession
08 Dec 2022
Pension reforms aim to attract retired nurses back to work
Proposed changes will give returning staff more flexibility while protecting their finances
07 Dec 2022
Lucy Letby accused of attempted murder of 100-day-old girl
Nurse’s alleged attack took place during a night shift at Countess of Chester Hospital
06 Dec 2022
I’m out: tearful nurse’s nightmare night shift is final straw that ends 30-year career
Caring for 19 patients on her own drove ‘excellent’ nurse to quit her job and profession
06 Dec 2022
Please don’t go! How ‘stay conversations’ are managing to boost nurse retention
Trusts’ regular one-to-one discussions aim to head-off potential resignation issues
06 Dec 2022
Zahawi ridiculed over claim nurses’ strikes will aid Putin
Nurses criticise Nadhim Zahawi for reframing their strike in light of war in Ukraine
05 Dec 2022
ICUs and high dependency units exempt from nurses’ strike action
RCN confirms that chemotherapy, dialysis and critical care units won’t be affected by strike
02 Dec 2022
Nurses coming to work in UK after ‘forced migration’ from Zimbabwe
Thousands of nurses faced with broken agreements and withheld pay have flocked to the UK
02 Dec 2022
Lucy Letby: infant ‘received IV feed contaminated with insulin’
Nurse accused of attempting to murder baby by injecting synthetic insulin into his nutrition
01 Dec 2022
Nurse vacancies continue at record high of more than 47,000
NHS Digital data reveals a rise of more than 600 vacancies since the end of June
01 Dec 2022
Season’s greetings – and a reminder to get your jabs
Nurses urged to get covid booster and flu jabs to ease staff sickness as winter approaches
01 Dec 2022
Health department blasted over ‘misleading’ chart on nurses’ pay
Scathing condemnation by UK statistics boss says chart exaggerates previous pay rises
30 Nov 2022
Nurses set to vote on government’s ‘best and final’ pay offer
RCN Scotland members have between 5 and 19 December to let the college know their position
30 Nov 2022
International recruitment: almost half of new registrants were educated abroad
Employers urged to make workplaces more inclusive to help nurses from overseas thrive
30 Nov 2022
Nurses to strike at almost 80 trusts and integrated care boards
Locations for first strikes revealed, with RCN warning more will be added in January
29 Nov 2022