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Stroke unit nurse found guilty of drugging patients ‘to keep them quiet and compliant’

Stroke unit nurse Catherine Hudson was remanded in custody following her conviction, and t

05 Oct 2023
Nurse awarded medal for her bravery in Co-op knife attack

Lisa Way was presented with the Queen’s Gallantry Medal after she and two others tried to

05 Oct 2023
NHS strike is about politics, not concern for patients, PM tells Tory faithful

Rishi Sunak condemns timing of nurses’ latest industrial action over pay and staffing – bu

05 Oct 2023

Cheshire Constabulary will ‘consider areas including senior leadership and decision-making

04 Oct 2023
New anti-racism award launched after nurse’s landmark tribunal

Michelle Cox has teamed up with the RCN Foundation to award an annual grant to support nur

04 Oct 2023
Scale of NHS nurse sickness absence due to mental ill health points to extent of burnout

NHS sickness absence data reveal cost to nurses’ mental health of workload pressures at a

03 Oct 2023
Nurses fear they will be forced to quit if hospital nursery closure goes ahead

A petition to save a London NHS trust's nursery has been launched as nurses fear its closu

03 Oct 2023
Hospital staff stage three days of strikes over pay and staffing

Union claims surge in nursing membership at NHS trust as staff walk out over short staffin

02 Oct 2023
Flexible working: some nurses can now gain early access to pension without leaving NHS

Nurses with a 1995 legacy pension will now be able to access some or all of their pension

02 Oct 2023
Nurses criticise ‘confusing’ new colour-coded national uniform

The options in England’s new national uniform range have been described as ‘too

29 Sep 2023

RCN report also shows nursing staff work a total of 69,877 additional hours every week, an

29 Sep 2023
Write off student debt to boost nurse numbers in NHS, experts say

‘Leaky training pipeline’ of students and newly qualified staff is fail

28 Sep 2023

The eclectic nursing programme covers masterclasses, clinical demonstrations, careers advic

28 Sep 2023

Whistleblower alleges ‘deep-seated toxic conduct’ within NMC that delays or skews fitness t

27 Sep 2023

Holly Turner criticises Tory MP Mark Jenkinson for twisting her words on BBC’s Question Tim

27 Sep 2023

Uniform colours have been assigned to healthcare professions and roles as England’s standar

26 Sep 2023

The RCN has updated its 20-year-old definition of nursing to emphasise the safety-critical

26 Sep 2023

The revamped test centre will be able to process 22,000 OSCE competency tests each year in

26 Sep 2023

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