News

‘Taboos need to be broken,’ says NHS England chief as the health body publishes the first-

28 Nov 2022

Rob Delaney, Diane Abbott and Dane Baptiste among those expressing solidarity with the pro

25 Nov 2022
NHS pay: ‘Best and final’ offer falls short of nurses’ demand, so what can union do now?

RCN considers its response to Scottish Government's improved health service pay offer

25 Nov 2022

RCN say first strikes to take place on Thursday 15 and Tuesday 20 December in England, Wal

25 Nov 2022
Lucy Letby trial: nurses tell court they did not administer insulin to premature baby

Colleagues give evidence about events leading up to marked deterioration in the condition

24 Nov 2022
FtP: regulator optimistic it will cut backlog that can mean years of limbo for nurses

Nursing and Midwifery Council ramps up efforts to reduce agonising waiting times faced by

23 Nov 2022
Nurses fear poverty in retirement with pensions too small to live on

Many believe occupational pension won’t be enough, while others have op

22 Nov 2022
RCN president election: college members have been urged to use their vote

Four nurse candidates in the running for key figurehead role designed to speak up for nurs

21 Nov 2022
Health secretary labelled ‘deluded’ for his lack of urgency over nurse pay talks

Unions respond to Steve Barclay’s BBC interview and his ‘inability to see the urgency of t

21 Nov 2022
Nurses’ strike plans suspended after pay talks get off to a ‘positive’ start in Scotland

Union and Scottish ministers enter negotiations to avert industrial action in Scotland's N

21 Nov 2022
Lucy Letby: wire may have caused significant bleed before Child E’s death, trial hears

A consultant has ruled out possibility of ‘innocent explanation’ for Child E’s gastrointes

18 Nov 2022

Acute care nurse asks followers for top tips as he prepares to take a third-year student u

18 Nov 2022

High-pressured workplace stress, as well as unkindness and incivility, can lead to loss of

17 Nov 2022

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust took to Twitter to plead for help from off-duty nurses

16 Nov 2022

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay brands nurses’ pay demand unrealistic as he

16 Nov 2022

Nurses’ strikes, low morale and short-staffing are top of health service leaders’ long list

15 Nov 2022

Nurses who ‘depart from established procedures’ during a challenging winter are unlikely to

15 Nov 2022

Nursing staff voice their support for industrial action over NHS pay and staffing concerns

10 Nov 2022

Jobs