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Continue voting to strike despite pay talks, union urges nurses in Scotland

Pay negotiations have resumed but RCN Scotland says ‘our members and our NHS are at breaki

17 Oct 2022
Lucy Letby: case against nurse is not ‘a done deal’, says defence barrister

Barrister describes Ms Letby as a dedicated nurse and her presence when babies d

14 Oct 2022

ICU sister Ginny Wanjiro sources specialist combs and products to help patients from black

14 Oct 2022
Childcare: many band 5 nurses struggle with nursery costs of up to 70% of take-home pay

The cost of childcare is forcing workers to leave the NHS in pursuit of other work, warns

13 Oct 2022

International Council of Nurses head Howard Catton says UK must redress the ‘catastrophic’

13 Oct 2022
Michael Rosen 100% supports nurses’ right to strike and can’t bear to see them underpaid

Author Michael Rosen called for better pay for nurses at a coronavirus remembrance service

12 Oct 2022
Dramatic fall seen in nurses working in social care

Worrying fall revealed in report that shows high turnover of younger nu

12 Oct 2022

Mountaineer Kenton Cool drew parallels between climbing world’s highest peak and nursing d

11 Oct 2022

Health and social care secretary not anticipating any further increase

11 Oct 2022
RCN culture inquiry finds 'division and distrust'

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen apologises on behalf of the

10 Oct 2022
Suicide risk: ‘deeply alarming’ rise in NHS staff seeking help as cost of living spirals

Charity figures released for World Mental Health Day show a 70% rise in NHS staf

10 Oct 2022
Cuppa conundrum: should I make tea for patients’ family and visitors?

Nursing student Freda sparked debate on social media when musing over tea-making etiquette

07 Oct 2022

Nurse speaks of her fear of getting through winter, working up to three extra shifts a mont

07 Oct 2022

Unison, which represents nurses, midwives and paramedics, calls on the health secretary to

07 Oct 2022

NHS Digital figures show that nearly 23,000 young nurses left the NHS in England between Ju

06 Oct 2022

RCN Nurse of the Year and 13 other award winners announced at ceremony in London, honoured

06 Oct 2022

Study suggests shift workers’ blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels improved i

06 Oct 2022

RCN urges its members to vote in favour of strike action after rejecting government’s below

06 Oct 2022

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