Nurse vacancies and failure to retain staff are our biggest worries, say trust leaders
NHS workforce gaps mean nursing staff are ‘working with one hand tied behind their back’
29 Mar 2022
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Overseas nurses tied to jobs by demands for repayment of recruitment fees if they leave
Some employers even try to frighten nurses by threatening deportation if they try to move
29 Mar 2022
‘We won’t pay’: nurses baulk at possibility of forking out £50 a month on COVID tests
Nurses have been left in limbo over rules on routine testing from 1 April
28 Mar 2022
RCN Nursing Awards 2022: more time to enter as deadline extended
You now have until 20 April to enter the awards that celebrate nursing excellence
28 Mar 2022
COVID-19: no let up as staff absences shoot up in just two weeks
Absences related to the virus shot up by nearly 60%, according to NHS England figures
25 Mar 2022
Nurses’ well-being: ‘burnout’ too gentle a term for mental distress
NHS medical director tells MPs radical action needed to improve nurses’ mental well-being
25 Mar 2022
Support nurses with menopause – or risk losing them, MPs told
Nurse says specialist advice and resources are vital as symptoms can often go unrecognised
24 Mar 2022
Cut in fuel duty not enough to help community nurses, RCN says
Nurses driving to see patients need additional payments and review of mileage rates, it says
23 Mar 2022
COVID tests: nurses left unclear on who will pay for testing as 1 April deadline looms
Failure to clarify testing policy for NHS staff leaves nurses concerned about test fees
23 Mar 2022
Nurses don Rishi Sunak masks urging ‘proper pay rise’ for staff
Front-line workers deliver petition on NHS pay offer ahead of chancellor’s Spring Statement
22 Mar 2022
All nurses to have training on learning disabilities and autism
Mandatory training requirement is added to a Bill now going through parliament
22 Mar 2022
Nurse who mistreated patient with dementia asks to be removed from register
Nurse suspended after telling regulator she is unfit to practise and asking to be struck off
21 Mar 2022
Competency test centre set to greet thousands of overseas nurses
University facility will enable nurses to do their OSCE before they can register in the UK
21 Mar 2022
Do doctors need nurses more than nurses need doctors?
Stability in nursing teams boosts retention of medical staff, but not the other way round
18 Mar 2022
‘Crazy’ fuel hikes could drive us out of profession, say nurses
Patients could be put at risk if nurses unable to carry out frequent home visits, RCN warns
18 Mar 2022
Being honest about errors in care: the guidance every nurse should read
NMC has updated its advice on duty of candour, which supports staff to be open with patients
17 Mar 2022
Scottish Government plan to boost nursing student intake labelled ‘inadequate’
RCN says strategy to increase homegrown and overseas nurses laudable, but lacks detail
17 Mar 2022
Healthcare support for Ukrainian refugees: guidance issued for NHS staff
Advice includes checklist for caring for those fleeing war and helping them access services
16 Mar 2022