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Is a 5.5% pay offer on the horizon?

Recommended pay rise seen as minimum, with RCN to ballot members before accepting any offer

Alarming surge in numbers of nurses quitting, with many citing burnout

Stark data show thousands leave nursing early which is a tragedy for patient care, says RCN

Job losses in hospice services as sector struggles with funding shortfalls

Nurse describes devastating impact of underfunding in end of life care
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Delayed NHS pay award will be top item in new nursing union boss’s in-tray

Nicola Ranger has been named as RCN’s next general secretary 

Nursing profession ‘has lost confidence NMC can keep public safe’

Government urged to act after review finds toxic culture and ineffective FtP processes

This Nurse Can: student recruitment campaign smashes stereotypes

Innovative campaign highlights breadth of roles, from air ambulance to global opportunities

Toxic culture at NMC is endangering nurses’ lives

Nurses are being let down by their regulator, leading lawyer finds

UK general election: meet the three new nurse MPs

Former nursing chief, an adult nurse and a mental health nurse win Westminster seats

Test centre fraud: NMC strips seven nurses of their registration

Suspicions were aroused because competence tests were completed ‘exceptionally fast’

Racism row forces NMC to appoint second CEO in less than a week

Helen Herniman is now in post as the regulator’s interim chief executive 

Job ad for band 6 deputy matron role leaves nurses ‘speechless’

A trust has been accused of trying to employ ‘highly skilled nursing staff on the cheap’

Lib Dem leader’s pledge to improve cancer care and push for emergency health budget

Sir Ed Davey wants to provide a specialist nurse for every cancer patient if party is elected

Strike action: longer day shifts tip exhausted theatre nurses over the edge

‘Chronically overworked’ staff at London trust to strike for two days in protest

Speakers and hoodies for nurses in £850,000 gratitude scheme

Trust staff award ‘hearts’ to peers to exchange for items such as Bluetooth speakers

‘Advanced’ nursing associate job adverts labelled exploitative

Some job adverts promise band 5 status, leadership and line management responsibilities

Are you working beyond your band? In one part of the UK you can now ask for role review

Band 5 nurses in Scotland can request banding review if they believe they’re undervalued 

Online learning sites offer ‘nurse prescribing course’ from £9

Course can be taken by anyone aged 16 or over and appears to offer no assessment

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