Your right to strike: condemnation for law limiting nurses’ scope for industrial action
Act could be legal breach, say unions and other groups monitoring post-Brexit rule changes
06 Dec 2023
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‘Cruel’ curbs on migrant care workers seen as disaster for NHS and social care
Ban on family members will discourage migrants, adding to workforce shortages, say critics
05 Dec 2023
You can’t blame nurses’ strikes for record NHS waiting lists, minister told
Health and social care secretary said industrial action is one cause of backlogs
05 Dec 2023
Hospital intruder who posed as an agency nurse gave patient care and stole documentation
Security breach is a lesson for all healthcare organisations, said privacy watchdog
01 Dec 2023
Britain’s oldest nurse retires at 81 after 65-year career
School nurse Norma Newcombe says she feels ‘humbled and proud’ to have worked in the NHS
01 Dec 2023
Chronic shortage of sickle cell nurses putting patients at risk
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu calls for action to increase nurse numbers in specialty
01 Dec 2023
New anti-strike code of practice approved by MPs, despite human rights concerns
Government anti-strike measures called ‘a brazen attack on the right to strike’
30 Nov 2023
UK-trained nurse numbers hits record high but red-list recruitment remains a concern
NMC records a rise of almost 20,000 registrants in six months
30 Nov 2023
Rise in nurses hits 50,000 target but too many posts still unfilled, say critics
‘Political target’ met but nurses still having to care for too many patients, says RCN
30 Nov 2023
NHS pay deal: reopen talks with nurses, union leader urges government
Consultants’ better deal exposes injustice our female-dominated profession faces – RCN
29 Nov 2023
Focus on curbing exploitation of foreign staff, not immigration levels, minister told
Union and care providers call on government to take action against unethical employers
28 Nov 2023
Nurses may see shorter working week if AfC recommendations approved
Scottish Government also considering pay changes and protected learning time
28 Nov 2023
Consultants’ pay deal highlights ‘galling’ disparity for nurses
NHS nurses received the lowest public sector pay deal, with no promise of pay scale reform
27 Nov 2023
Nurses’ views bypassed in higher-level staffing decisions
Data given precedence over nursing judgement at the cost of patient care, study finds
24 Nov 2023
Nurse helpline sees calls about suicide double in one year
Nursing leaders warn of mental health crisis and call for funds for dedicated support
24 Nov 2023
Nursing student on unpaid placements unable to afford food or toilet rolls, MPs hear
Replies to a student survey telling of financial struggles were heard at Westminster debate
23 Nov 2023
A first look at the new national nurses’ uniform
The smart scrub tunic, in an array of colours, will be available next summer
23 Nov 2023
New support aims to boost well-being of nurses working in social care
Clinical supervision programme focuses on emotional challenges of the role
23 Nov 2023