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NHS and social care sector risk collapse if ministers fail to address nurse shortage
Nursing leader issues grave warning as government’s NHS workforce plan continues to stall
Students slam ‘nightmarish’ plan to chop six months off nursing degrees
Bid to plug staffing gap with fast-track training could backfire, say overstretched students
Nurses to get new NHS pay award from today – but strikes continue
Eligible staff get 5% pay rise, while nurse members of Unite take to the picket line
Rise in NHS nurse numbers fails to dent huge vacancy list
A staffing emergency remains with over 40,000 nursing posts still unfilled in England
Thousands of nurses could miss out on NHS pay award
Many nurses in outsourced NHS services may find their employers cannot afford the pay rise
Calls to end ‘backdoor’ nurse recruitment deals with red-list countries
UK should ‘move towards self-sufficiency’ says International Council of Nurses CEO
Plan to chop six months off nursing degree sparks criticism
Making students qualify in just 30 months could mean inferior education, say critics
Barclay rules out improved pay offer for nurses after latest talks
Despite new meeting with RCN’s Pat Cullen, health secretary sticks to previous ‘final’ offer
Don’t treat us like numbers: why covering in unfamiliar settings comes with risk
Having transferrable skills doesn’t mean we’re all interchangeable, insist nurses
Rookie Nurses: your new TV series binge watch follows newly qualified nurses
The BBC fly-on-the-wall series shows the highs and the lows of daily nursing life
Top hospital trust sees rating plummet as shortage of nurses leaves patients unwashed
Trust ‘making changes’ after concerns raised over ‘burnout, stress and work overload’
NHS pay offer imposed on staff as union insists only ‘meaningful’ talks can stop strikes
Most health unions accept 5%, but RCN holds out for offer ‘matching nurses’ value’