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Nurses to face court battle over right to strike on 2 May

‘A last-ditch attempt to silence us’: RCN criticises health and social care secretary Stev

25 Apr 2023

Long walks to public transport at night, dimly lit car parks, prohibitive hospital parking

25 Apr 2023
Nurses’ leader defiant over threat to declare next weekend's strikes illegal

RCN's Pat Cullen rejects 'bullying' by ministers and insists ‘We won’t

24 Apr 2023

Paul Blakemore worked with actor and soap’s hair and make-up crew to ensure storyline

24 Apr 2023
‘Best and final offer’: nurses in Wales set to vote on 5% pay package

Nurses in Wales are set to vote on the new pay offer which includes a one-off ‘recovery’ p

21 Apr 2023
NHS's only nurses with no pay offer 'are being left to sink'

With no revised offer and MPs reporting there are no funds for a rise, nurses in Northern

21 Apr 2023
10,000+ Keralan nurses recruited from India help address NHS staffing crisis

A Keralan nurse has recruited more than 10,000 nurses from the Indian state after campaign

20 Apr 2023
Nurse removed part of man’s nipple in bizarre body modification case

Nurse also admits stealing anaesthetic from the hospital where he worke

20 Apr 2023
Single nurse left alone to care for 17 patients with complex needs amid staffing crisis

Damning report cites serious concerns of potential harm to patients bec

20 Apr 2023
Band 5 nurses are ‘flung in’ to do specialist tasks above their pay level

Most band 5 nurse respondents to a Unison survey report being denied a pay rise despite ta

19 Apr 2023
‘Reckless’ unions targeting vulnerable patients in planned strikes, say MPs

Conservative MPs criticise unions for dropping exemptions for emergency, intensive&nb

18 Apr 2023
Lucy Letby trial: diary notes show private anguish at what was said of her, court told

Notes contain phrases: ‘I killed them. I don’t know if I killed them. Maybe I did’.

18 Apr 2023

Efforts to attract nurses to NHS community hospital inpatient ward fail, forcing patients t

18 Apr 2023

Downing Street rules out reopening talks but nurses’ leader Pat Cullen w

17 Apr 2023

College names dates for escalation of NHS strike action, with emergency, intensive car

14 Apr 2023

Voting was open to all college members, even those not on Agenda for Change contracts, but

14 Apr 2023

Colleagues raised concerns that nurse’s poor English put patients at ris

14 Apr 2023

RCN ballot on pay offer for members in England closes at 9am on 14 April

13 Apr 2023

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