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Inflation-busting pay rise for nurses would come at a cost to the wider NHS – minister

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay brands nurses’ pay demand unrealistic as he

16 Nov 2022
Nurses face real-terms pay cut of at least £1,500 next year, says TUC

Prime minister Rishi Sunak told to stick to pledge to fund services and drop plans for mer

16 Nov 2022

Manchester Crown Court hears of neonatal nurse’s WhatsApp conversation with a colleague on

15 Nov 2022
Nurses’ well-being worries NHS senior managers as they brace for winter of discontent

Nurses’ strikes, low morale and short-staffing are top of health service leaders’ long lis

15 Nov 2022
Winter pressures: nurses ‘unlikely’ to face disciplinary action if care is compromised

Nurses who ‘depart from established procedures’ during a challenging winter are unlikely t

15 Nov 2022

Steve Barclay says he is ‘saddened’ by nurses choosing to vote for strike action, and adds

14 Nov 2022

The Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation grant will make annual awards of up to £1,000 to nurse-le

14 Nov 2022
Payday bonanza for nursing agencies as NHS struggles to fill staffing gaps

Employers forced to flout spending limits on fees for agency nurses at a time when ministe

11 Nov 2022

Hospital staff shortages have curtailed or delayed placements, while students at Birmingha

11 Nov 2022

More than 96% of members who voted at one trust responded in favour of industrial action,

10 Nov 2022
Lucy Letby: colleague who had ‘sleepless nights’ recalls odd rash on Child D

A senior nurse from the neonatal unit where Lucy Letby is alleged to have murdered seven b

10 Nov 2022
NHS strike action: why nurses say it’s now time they put themselves first

Nursing staff voice their support for industrial action over NHS pay and staffing concerns

10 Nov 2022

Thousands of RCN members have voted in favour of strike action over poor pay and patient sa

09 Nov 2022

A neonatal assistant said she was shocked that a request for help when a baby’s oxygen

08 Nov 2022

Labour leader says immigration is not the solution to tackling record nurse vacancies, and

07 Nov 2022

Early indications suggest the majority of RCN members have voted for strike action over pay

07 Nov 2022

NMC, which co-produced the practical guide, said it is determined to support nursing profes

07 Nov 2022

Unison Scotland’s report on violence in the NHS exposes 18,300 recorded assaults on NHS sta

04 Nov 2022

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