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Nurses up to £3,600 worse off as wages fail to keep up with inflation over past decade
Analysis by Nursing Standard shows dramatic disparity when comparing current salaries
27 Jan 2022
Overseas nurse recruitment: NMC promises registration will speed up
Employers complain process is too slow, but regulator pledges to make it faster and easier
26 Jan 2022
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination: we’ll keep reviewing the rules, says minister
Sajid Javid tells MPs every nurse and other front-line health worker should be vaccinated
26 Jan 2022
More than 100 taken off NMC register for fraudulent registration
Nursing and Midwifery Council removed nurses who have misled the regulator in past five years
25 Jan 2022
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RCN Nursing Awards 2022, a chance to showcase practice that makes a difference, now open
Entries invited for individuals and teams in 13 categories covering diversity of nursing
24 Jan 2022
Compulsory vaccination: NHS staff protest in Trafalgar Square over mandatory COVID jabs
Unvaccinated front-line nurses could soon be redeployed or face the sack
24 Jan 2022
Inflation-proof pay rise for nurses might ‘persuade many burnt-out staff to stay’
Unions give evidence to NHS pay review body and demand action from ministers
24 Jan 2022
Mental health: helpline’s highest number of calls from nurses
A fifth of more than 800 calls to Our Frontline support service made during pandemic
24 Jan 2022
NHS staff absence and critical COVID cases down, but do you feel pressure lifting yet?
Crisis in nurse numbers, and treatment backlogs give no grounds for complacency
20 Jan 2022
One-off pay rise for ‘superhuman efforts’ of Northern Ireland nurses
Payment for pandemic work is welcomed, but RCN wants talks on ‘a long-term pay structure’
20 Jan 2022
COVID-19: what will the lifting of Plan B restrictions mean for nurses?
RCN says end of mandatory measures will ‘do nothing to relieve pressure on NHS’
19 Jan 2022
Nurse tells of ‘insurmountable’ pressure to get jab or lose job
From 1 April, all patient-facing NHS staff must have had both COVID-19 vaccine doses
19 Jan 2022
NHS pensioners who returned to practice in pandemic are to lose financial incentive
Return of abatement rule, suspended at the height of COVID-19, likely to spark departures
18 Jan 2022
Compulsory COVID-19 jabs for nurses: stark rules on redeployment or dismissal set out
NHS England stance to redeploy or fire patient-facing nurses unvaccinated by April deadline
18 Jan 2022
Nursing students are not part of COVID-19 workforce, RCN asserts
College says Scottish Government implies students on placements are ‘additional staff’
17 Jan 2022
Shorter self-isolation time gets you back to work sooner – but is it worth extra risk?
Science adviser admits rule-change comes with risk, as RCN calls for nurse exemption
17 Jan 2022
Nurse shortages in care homes ‘greater threat than COVID-19’
Provider’s warning as National Care Forum survey shows vacancies nearing 20%
14 Jan 2022
New COVID-19 self-isolation rules: what nurses need to know
Isolation period for people testing positive in England reduced to five days from 17 January
13 Jan 2022