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Nurses may face fines for hospital parking – or have to park off-site
Glasgow Royal Infirmary nurses cannot park in the patient zone for longer than four hours
13 Jun 2023
NHS staffing crisis is harming care and creating tensions with patients, survey suggests
Poor pay and retention combine to pile pressure on the over-stretched staff who stay
13 Jun 2023
Nurses fear speaking up at work could put their jobs in jeopardy
More nurses see raising concerns at work as risky and futile, study shows
12 Jun 2023
Pay is unfinished business, insists Pat Cullen in revealing podcast interview
Winning a fresh NHS strike mandate will be a ‘tight call’, admits RCN leader
12 Jun 2023
House of Lords votes to protect nurses’ jobs from ‘bad’ anti-strikes bill
The Lords’ amendment would restore the right to strike without fear of disciplinary action
09 Jun 2023
More managers to handle admin could free up nurses’ time – report
Think tank sets out measures to address the ‘deep workforce crisis’ in the NHS
09 Jun 2023
Nurse celebrates wedding day at hospital that cared for her as a child
Great Ormond Street Hospital’s chapel was perfect place to bless Lucy's marriage
09 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby denies ‘rooting in bin’ for resuscitation notes for baby boy
A paper towel used to record the drugs given was found during police searches at her home
08 Jun 2023
Thousands call on government to extend full pay deal to nurses in all NHS settings
Petition gains momentum as furious nurses deemed ‘not NHS enough’ miss out
08 Jun 2023
NHS strike: don’t be bullied back to work, union leader urges her members
Nurses are being ‘strong-armed’ by managers despite strike mandate, says RCN’s Pat Cullen
07 Jun 2023
Long-COVID forcing thousands of nurses to take time off
Latest figures shine a spotlight on issue affecting many NHS staff
07 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby one of only two nurses who were on duty both days when two babies were harmed
Accused nurse agrees that insulin was given to the two boys, but says she did not do it
06 Jun 2023
Nurses’ strike in Wales: live news from the picket lines
RCN members are staging a 12-hour walkout after rejecting the government’s latest pay offer
06 Jun 2023
NHS pay dispute: your concise guide to what’s on offer to staff around the UK
Find out who is on strike, who is not, who could be soon – and why
06 Jun 2023
Sexism plays a part in pay talks, says Pat Cullen in TV fly-on-the-wall documentary
Nursing is treated differently in ‘bullyish’ talks because it’s 90% female, says RCN chief
06 Jun 2023
NHS and social care sector risk collapse if ministers fail to address nurse shortage
Nursing leader issues grave warning as government’s NHS workforce plan continues to stall
05 Jun 2023
Students slam ‘nightmarish’ plan to chop six months off nursing degrees
Bid to plug staffing gap with fast-track training could backfire, say overstretched students
02 Jun 2023
Nurses to get new NHS pay award from today – but strikes continue
Eligible staff get 5% pay rise, while nurse members of Unite take to the picket line
01 Jun 2023