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Sexual assault at work: you’re no woke snowflake for reporting harassment
NHS must empower nurses to speak up and not feel they have to tolerate unwanted attention
27 Oct 2023
Investment in nursing vital as NHS wait list could top eight million
Health Foundation analysis prompts calls for urgent action after ‘decade of underinvestment’
27 Oct 2023
Bank and social enterprise staff cut out of COVID bonus: ministers face legal battle
Court bid to secure one-off bonus for nurses on AfC contracts not employed by NHS trusts
26 Oct 2023
Crucial role for nurses in helping reduce sepsis deaths
Regular in-depth training could help nurses ensure warning signs are spotted
26 Oct 2023
Delay in general practice staff’s salary rise exposes inequality in funding of nurse pay
‘Thousands’ of GPNs may not have received their promised money, unlike NHS counterparts
25 Oct 2023
Overseas care staff 'trapped by fees and threats of deportation'
Calls to helpline from care workers echo reported exploitation of overseas nurses
25 Oct 2023
Rise in retired NHS nurses returning to work after pension change
Nurses use ‘retire-and-return’ option more than other retired staff groups
24 Oct 2023
Safe staffing law has improved nurses’ lives yet moves to extend it are stalling – union
Nurses’ leader calls for action to widen reach of legal nurse staffing mandate in Wales
24 Oct 2023
Job advert criticised for devaluing nursing with low pay band
NHS trust’s advert for clinical nurse specialist role was labelled band 6 rather than band 7
23 Oct 2023
High levels of stress among unsupported, burnt out staff is putting patients at risk
Near misses, medicine errors and unsafe incidents are rife says CQC’s annual report
20 Oct 2023
Letby public inquiry will scrutinise actions of trust managers and nurse’s colleagues
Culture and conduct at Countess of Chester Hospital to be examined by Thirlwall Inquiry
20 Oct 2023
Suicide study will unpick why female nurses are at higher risk
The Laura Hyde Foundation welcomed the project, hoping it will fuel prevention measures
19 Oct 2023
Community nursing: give your views on new standards
Nurses’ feedback sought on standards for three specific fields of practice
19 Oct 2023
Do we really believe in long-COVID? Nurses condemn Boris Johnson’s ‘gaslighting’ remarks
Ex-PM’s bid to cast doubt on condition now revealed to UK COVID-19 Inquiry
18 Oct 2023
Pay rise in general practice: remind employers they must pass on salary rise – union
Nurses in Scotland should expect to see backdated award this month
18 Oct 2023
NHS employers to formalise flexible work agreements for staff
New guidance also says employers should explore more agile and hybrid working options
17 Oct 2023
NMC appoints barrister to review claims of institutional racism and mishandled FtP cases
Regulator names lawyer who will lead investigations sparked by whistleblower allegations
17 Oct 2023
Nurse turnover in social care eclipses rates in the NHS
Sector’s workforce challenges are most acute in its nurse staffing
16 Oct 2023