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Gosport scandal: ‘my mum had to leave her job after speaking up about opioids’

Sylvia Giffin was among the Gosport War Memorial Hospital nurses who tried to act on concerns

Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded

Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...

Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use

Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...

Jeremy Hunt accused of broken promises for delaying social care green paper

NHS funding boost and need to revise spending plans given as reason for social care green...

FtP is about patient safety, not private behaviour, RCN tells regulator

Some outcomes suggest ‘moral policing’, with nurses being held to a different standard,...

Government's NHS funding boost is 'no long-term solution' without social...

RCN and social care leaders call for extra investment to shore up home care services

Perinatal mortality down, but better reporting would support care improvements

Better-quality data on baby deaths would help target services where they're needed most

Confed 18 looks to the future of the NHS workforce

Confed 18 fringe imagines working life in the NHS in 2026

NHS Windrush 70 Awards winners represent the ‘best of the NHS’

‘We treasure you as much as the NHS itself’, PM Theresa May tells Windrush Awards winners

Immigration rules to be eased so NHS can recruit more skilled staff

Thousands more nurses and doctors to be recruited from abroad

Classify healthcare as a safety-critical industry, says RCN

‘Patient safety investigations should look at pressures on staff before blaming individuals’

NMC to update reflective practice guidance in wake of Bawa-Garba ruling

Healthcare regulators need to review their advice about reflection, Williams report states

Integration of health and social care at risk, say MPs

‘Government has failed to explain its vision for health and social care to professionals and...

Nurses take lead against bullying and harassment in NHS

Nurses are taking the lead in identifying bullying and harassment in the NHS

Nurses and midwives named in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Profession’s achievements recognised by the Queen

I hope we can give Scotland's NHS staff a better pay deal than England's –...

Unions urge Scottish Government to reach agreement on pay, as first minister announces...

Community workforce key to success of health and social care plan for Wales – RCN

Welsh government moves to achieve seamless treatment, care and support close to home

RCN members vote to accept pay deal by big majority

RCN members and other unions accept NHS pay offer

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