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Don’t put agency nurses in position of providing strike cover, unions’ leader urges
Ban on use of temp staff to fill in for strikers must stay, say TUC and agencies’ body
24 Jan 2024
Nurses skipping meals, going into debt to pay for their training
Many pay for training with loans or savings as employers fail to do so, says report
24 Jan 2024
Nursing associates set to be introduced in Wales
Band 4 role will mirror that in England but RCN cautions against exploitation
22 Jan 2024
Could breaking away from Agenda for Change really unblock your access to higher pay?
Some NHS nurses say current pay structure fails to recognise full scope of modern nursing
19 Jan 2024
Hospital appoints lead sepsis nurse to educate staff on warning signs after boy’s death
Nurse will support patients, families and colleagues to detect and treat cases quickly
19 Jan 2024
Struck off: care home deputy manager who made false claims about dying patient’s care
Hidden camera showed nurse’s claims about welfare checks and verifying death were untrue
18 Jan 2024
Pay parity and safe staffing: nurses' views from the picket lines
Nurses in Northern Ireland take to picket lines amid failure to implement pay award
18 Jan 2024
Nurse shortages part of inadequate rating at psychiatric hospital
Rampton Hospital was found to overuse restrictive practices due to understaffing
17 Jan 2024
QNI grant will help community nurses severely affected by UK flooding
Storms in the UK have forced people out of their homes with some nurses unable to work
17 Jan 2024
Sepsis death: district nurse shortage could cost more lives, coroner warns minister
Pressures on community teams found to be factor in death of woman with sacral ulcer
16 Jan 2024
NHS pensions: changes could risk greater opt-out among lowest paid
Rises in contribution rates could prompt greater levels of pension opt-outs
16 Jan 2024
Crisis in the emergency department: 12-hour trolley waits soar in 2023
Undignified 12-hour waits increase by 50-fold since 2019 amid chronic staff shortages
15 Jan 2024
Fair pay: call for evidence on new separate pay spine for nurses
Nurses’ pay spine could reward experience, says RCN, but others warn of divisiveness
12 Jan 2024
70-year-old nurse cycles more than 300km to raise money for Cavell
Ian Clifford took on the challenge to help charity support colleagues in need
12 Jan 2024
Undergraduates’ practice learning: NMC to review nursing students’ evolving needs
Regulator will examine proposals based on research that will examine overseas models
11 Jan 2024
Delayed discharge figures prompt fresh worries over community nurse staffing shortage
Cost of delays tops £1.2 billion and also raises patient safety concerns, says RCN Scotland
11 Jan 2024
Social care: new qualifications and career path aim to boost recruits
Government says new measures seek to ‘recognise social care as the skilled profession it is’
10 Jan 2024
You’re in one of the UK’s most in-demand jobs – but are you feeling valued?
Recruiters name nurses among the occupational groups with greatest shortfall of candidates
10 Jan 2024