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With high temperatures occurring across the UK, are employers doing enough to support and protect nursing staff with appropriate clothing?  Picture: iStock

Find out what employers can and should be doing to help staff working in the heat

15 Jul 2026
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Under Martha’s rule, nurses can request fresh patient assessment by critical care specialists in their organisations Picture: iStock

How nurses are using the patient safety protocol to prevent potential tragedies

13 Jul 2026
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Bank pay cut investigation

Our investigation reveals NHS ‘cartels’ could be cheating staff out of hundreds a month

06 Jul 2026
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A well-designed app can help ease time pressures, whether it supports you in clinical practice or in your personal life  Picture: iStock

Our pick of apps to support clinical practice and help you manage your time and money

03 Jul 2026
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The nursing regulator is working through a long list of actions it must take to improve its culture and performance, notably in how it handles fitness to practise Picture: iStock

Two years on from shaming report, we ask if performance improvement claims are credible

29 Jun 2026
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Agency nurse spending is now subject to tighter rules, but firms are still charging NHS organisations high fees  Picture: iStock

League table of the most expensive shifts and what’s behind the high cost of staff cover

22 Jun 2026
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The development of increasingly advanced nursing practice has brought with it an increasingly confusing range of job titles Picture: Alamy

With hundreds of titles and no standard terminology, confusion is inevitable

15 Jun 2026
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Nurses in high bands carry influence from ward to service management level and beyond

Five nurses explain why the accusation does not fit the front-line, clinical work they do

08 Jun 2026
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Anyone can claim the trusted title of nurse to describe their occupation, but a change in the law would prescribe how the word can be used  Picture: iStock

Legal protection of the title is not yet secured, a year on from government promise

05 Jun 2026
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Nurses speak of concerns about levels of personal protection equipment used when administering chemotherapy drugs  Picture: iStock

Are employers doing enough to protect staff who handle chemotherapy medicines?

01 Jun 2026
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Health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in south Wales are striking in protest over the board’s refusal to recognise a change in role banding Picture: Unite union Facebook 

Community nurses are fighting for their high-level practice to be rebanded at band 7

29 May 2026
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Advanced nurse practitioners’ presence on senior clinical staff rotas is not the same as ‘doctor substitution’, nurses argue Picture: iStock

The BMA says staff are being used inappropriately – is the claim justified or divisive?

26 May 2026

Our Q&A looks at what negotiations on Agenda for Change shake-up could mean for nurse pay

22 May 2026

Our investigation shows the huge variation in parking fees across England and the UK

18 May 2026

Two NHS chief nurses reveal how working with staff helped transform care and morale

15 May 2026

The highest scorers in the NHS Staff Survey, based on flexible working, morale and more

11 May 2026

It’s got its challenges, but there are many reasons to celebrate nursing and here are ours

08 May 2026

Eligible staff will soon be able to claim back more money – find out what it means for you

01 May 2026

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