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Summer strikes paused as fresh talks agreed – but pay off the table

July strikes have been paused as Welsh Government agrees to discuss the non-pay elements o

27 Jun 2023

RCN’s Rose Gallagher also tells UK COVID-19 Inquiry that government failed to consult nurs

27 Jun 2023
UK struggles to keep its nurses as emigration fuels ‘strikingly low’ workforce numbers

Far more nurses educated in the UK move to practise in Australia and New Zealand than the

26 Jun 2023
Nurses ‘taking HCA roles to avoid risk of blame over compromised care’

Poor working conditions and corridor care are driving some registered nurses to take 

26 Jun 2023

RCN members vent their frustration on social media at papers not received or received too

23 Jun 2023
Anti-strike bill: MPs again reject changes to protect nurses’ jobs

The proposed changes that would protect striking nurses from the threat of the sack were r

22 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby falsified records to cover her tracks, jury told

Inconsistent records, a text and internet searches show the accused nurse lied about Child

22 Jun 2023
Senior NHS staff must be held to account for racist culture, warns equality campaigner

Anti-racism policies will have limited impact if cultural racism is not addressed among se

22 Jun 2023

Health secretary Steve Barclay says ‘we need to grow our domestic supply’ to cut over-reli

21 Jun 2023
Post votes now, nurses urged, amid worries strike ballot threshold won’t be met

Strike action is close to hitting ‘the end of the road’ if 50% of RCN members do not get t

21 Jun 2023
COVID bonus: minister stands firm on plan that could mean bank and other nurses lose out

Bank staff among thousands told they will not automatically get one-off payment, as Steve

20 Jun 2023
Lucy Letby ‘gaslighted’ neonatal team to believe baby deaths were run of bad luck

Accused nurse was ‘cold, calculated, cruel and relentless’ and used babies’ vulnerabi

20 Jun 2023

Nurses who are compelled to work longer shifts experience a poorer work environment, inadeq

20 Jun 2023

Anger at Boris Johnson and the conduct of lockdown-breaking political staff, as healthcare

19 Jun 2023

Front-line staff, community nurses, leaders, care home innovators, army nurses and educator

16 Jun 2023

Poll finds 3% rise in support compared with similar poll in December, with RCN head sa

16 Jun 2023

Judge in trial of nurse accused of multiple infant murders instructs jury to put their

16 Jun 2023

Researchers find skin-friendly cleansers and natural soaps can stop the spread of viruses s

16 Jun 2023

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