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Warning for nurses who claim tax refunds

Unscrupulous repayment agents may take half your refund in fees, says H

05 Oct 2022

Mental health nurse Neneh Fofanah told NMC FtP hearing that she had an agreement with her

04 Oct 2022
UK still bringing in nurses from four ‘red list’ countries despite WHO ban

Nurses are being recruited from four red list countries – Nigeria, Ghan

04 Oct 2022
Unison opens strike ballot in Scotland over pay offer ‘that leaves staff worse off’

More than 50,000 members are being asked to vote in favour of industrial action over ‘real

03 Oct 2022

Majority of staff will see monthly salary fall under new scheme, with Unison saying nurses

03 Oct 2022

Sleep study expert suggests that the measure could be crucial to nurses’ sleep – espe

30 Sep 2022
Nurses express anger over overseas recruitment plan on social media

Many express anger that money is being spent on international scheme rather than impr

30 Sep 2022
Nurses leaving the health service for better paid jobs in shops and bars

Research by NHS Providers reveals that two thirds of trusts are reporting a severe effect

30 Sep 2022

Several staff members at Edenfield Centre in Prestwich, Manchester, have been suspended fo

29 Sep 2022
Government extends temporary nursing register for a further two years

Health and social care secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced that nurses on the register

28 Sep 2022

Nursing and Midwifery Council green-lights changes to testing that had been criticised for

28 Sep 2022
Racism against nurses: care home employee speaks out following hours of abuse

Care home nurse Beverly Simpson was subjected to racist slurs by a patient during a night

28 Sep 2022

Professional Standards Authority’s 2021-22 review found regulator met 17 of the 18 standard

27 Sep 2022

Pay rise for nurses that matches inflation now seen as a ‘political choi

27 Sep 2022

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves makes pledge, along with extra 10,000 nursing and midwifery

27 Sep 2022

Funding more than doubles to £7,000 per nurse for January-March 2023 to

26 Sep 2022

One NHS employee told campaign group they were ‘down to one meal a day’, and GMB union

26 Sep 2022

Nursing unions slam chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s priorities as mini-budget

23 Sep 2022

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