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Thérèse Coffey’s plans to get the NHS through a difficult winter was heavily criticised on

23 Sep 2022
NMC to consider proposed changes to English language requirements for overseas nurses

Revamp would make it easier for overseas staff to join register and coincides with plan to

22 Sep 2022

Thérèse Coffey’s proposal includes support for GPs and a call for more volunteers, but cri

22 Sep 2022
Call for urgent social care funding as NHS faces winter ‘health emergency’

NHS Confederation warns that without better pay and investment, social care will impa

22 Sep 2022
Unions challenge legality of government's new strike rules

With nurses in the UK to be balloted on potential strike action, a legal challenge has bee

21 Sep 2022
Compensation in doubt for families of nurses who died from COVID-19

Some bereaved families have received £60,000 payouts but others could l

21 Sep 2022

Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge made the comparison after reports that chancellor Kwasi Kwar

21 Sep 2022
Emotion and pride of nurses who marched in the Queen’s funeral procession

Nurses say they felt honoured to represent the profession at funeral fo

20 Sep 2022
Fair pay for nursing: RCN confirms rescheduled date for strike ballot

A postal vote, delayed due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, will now open on 6 October,

16 Sep 2022
'Night shifts prepared me' says nurse who queued to see the Queen

Senior sister Laurie Street recalls moving experience attending Queen’s

16 Sep 2022
World Health Organization warns of staffing crisis about to hit UK nursing workforce

UK identified as having one in five nurses near retirement while lagging behind other Euro

15 Sep 2022
Blow for senior nurses as pay rise anomaly leaves many worse off

Delayed pay award will push some nurses into a different pension bracke

15 Sep 2022

Change of classification by Office for National Statistics is welcomed b

15 Sep 2022

People found smoking within 15 metres of healthcare settings could be fined up to £1,000 un

14 Sep 2022

Clarity sought on overtime payments for nurses who work on Monday’s bank

13 Sep 2022

NHS discount service Blue Light Card and skincare brand Nursem have teamed up to provide he

13 Sep 2022

College suspends voting for potential industrial action over pay offer, which was set to be

12 Sep 2022

One of the Queen’s final public engagements was a visit to a Windsor hos

12 Sep 2022

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