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Nursing graduate jobs squeeze: chief nurse’s apology to students

One of the UK’s most senior nurses apologises to nursing students failing to find their first jobs in the profession as they prepare to quality. Find out what nursing students think about the band 5 jobs market for the 2026 cohort. 

Alison Stacey - @alibaabra
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Nursing students demonstrate outside the RCN’s 2026 annual congress in Liverpool

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