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A nursing student who missed placement shifts to be with her ill son is

09 Oct 2024
Ward manager struck off after ‘witch’ jibe and conduct and competence issues

Band 7 ward manager Samantha Jamieson was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Counci

08 Oct 2024

Nursing Live takes place at the ACC Liverpool on 23-24 October and will feature inspi

07 Oct 2024
Struck off: care home nurse who knew resident had left property to her in his will

A nurse who knew she was in line to inherit property and shares in a resident’s will was s

02 Oct 2024
NHS pay: delays to salary uplifts to end

Wes Streeting has triggered the NHS pay review process in a bid to get the pay award timin

01 Oct 2024
New nurses should begin their careers on band 6 – and more than £37,000 a year

Newly qualified nurses should start their careers on band 6 of the Agenda for Change pay s

30 Sep 2024
Role banding: ‘I want fairness for all nurses doing my job’

A specialist school nurse claims his job, graded by his NHS employer at Agenda for Change

27 Sep 2024
COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards

Former national clinical adviser tells COVID-19 inquiry of the trauma experience

26 Sep 2024
Nurse understaffing raises risk of post-surgical pressure ulcers 

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has been linked to a higher risk of pressure ulcers,

25 Sep 2024
5.5% pay rise isn’t enough: NHS staff tell union leaders they reject 2024-25 award

Nurses and support staff in England’s NHS tell their union, the RCN, in an online con

23 Sep 2024
From placements to Starbucks: newly registered nurses struggle to find NHS jobs 

Newly registered nurses (NRNs) are finding it difficult to secure NHS nursing jobs and are

20 Sep 2024
Number of students accepted onto nursing degree courses lowest in over a decade

Slump in degree course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on nursing student finan

19 Sep 2024

Former chief nurse tells COVID-19 inquiry abolition of NHS nursing student bursary was to b

17 Sep 2024

Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise (FtP) panel heard nurse Xa

16 Sep 2024

Sepsis top 10 research priorities list includes diagnostics, better use of antibiotics and

13 Sep 2024

The Welsh Government’s acceptance of the Pay Review Body recommendation

11 Sep 2024

Chronic lower limb wounds healed more quickly and recurrence dropped substantially in a tri

10 Sep 2024

Thirlwall Inquiry will examine events at trust where former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worke

09 Sep 2024