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RCN culture inquiry finds 'division and distrust'

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen apologises on behalf of the

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
Improving care and patients’ lives: 2022 RCN Nursing Awards winners revealed

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

06 Oct 2022

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

03 Oct 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

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

28 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
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
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

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

12 Sep 2022
Queen’s Nurses pay tribute to their patron Elizabeth II

Holders of the prestigious nursing title Queen's Nurse discuss how the late monarch, who w

09 Sep 2022
Government could scrap competency test for some overseas nurses to plug staffing gap

After a consultation to streamline registrations the government will look at changing

05 Sep 2022

NHS England has made 35,000 job offers to healthcare support workers this year, but critics

01 Sep 2022

The ballot seeks views of almost 10,000 nurse members, and follows the RCN’s announcement t

31 Aug 2022

Changes to help retired nurses work during the pandemic are now part of government plans to

31 Aug 2022

Short periods of sickness absence are also linked to much higher leaving

30 Aug 2022

Nursing Standard readers use social media to berate UK government plans to recruit thousand

26 Aug 2022

The Independent Office for Police Conduct say Met’s death or serious injury referral is ‘in

25 Aug 2022

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