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Ward manager struck off after ‘witch’ jibe and conduct and competence issues
Band 7 nurse humiliated colleagues, used foul language and made clinical errors
Nursing Live free event: what’s in it for your nursing branch?
Nursing Live on 23-24 October can help nurses and students in all specialties
NHS pay: delays to salary uplifts to end
Wes Streeting promises timely pay decision, but RCN wary of ‘language of austerity’
New nurses should begin their careers on band 6 – and more than £37,000 a year
£7K pay uplift for new nurses would attract brilliance, says RCN chief
COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards
Former national adviser tells inquiry about trauma of nurses’ experiences in the pandemic
5.5% pay rise isn’t enough: NHS staff tell union leaders they reject 2024-25 award
RCN members in show of resolve over this year’s delayed pay rise
From placements to Starbucks: newly registered nurses struggle to find NHS jobs
New nurses report working as baristas as trusts impose recruitment freezes and staff cuts
Number of students accepted onto nursing degree courses lowest in over a decade
Slump in course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on student finances
Tearful former chief nurse tells COVID inquiry of nursing staff’s struggles in pandemic
She said ‘catastrophic’ loss of NHS student bursary robbed workforce of thousands of nurses
Nurse who faced more than 100 charges struck off
FtP panel told of inappropriate challenges to medication and patient discharge
Recommended 5.5% pay rise approved for nurses in Wales
Award receives tepid response from RCN Wales, which will now ask members if it’s enough
Nurse used funds from patient activity budget to pay for staff party
NMC panel hands out two-month suspension, but finds nurse is not ‘inherently dishonest’