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Northern Ireland nurses to join other UK nations in industrial action ballot

Health workers in NI, who have not yet received a pay offer for 2022-23, will now be

25 Aug 2022
Call for UK-wide free period products for nurses – and the breaks to change them

Campaigners say the move would help tackle period poverty across the UK, after Scotla

23 Aug 2022
UK must stop poaching nursing staff from poorer countries, warns ICN chief executive

International Council of Nurses chief Howard Catton says failings in nurse education

15 Aug 2022

Video posted on social media website TikTok shows woman unwrapping an envelope from Worces

12 Aug 2022

The UK Health Security Agency issues heat-health warning until 11pm on Sunday as the therm

11 Aug 2022
Nurses brand call to take on extra cleaning duties ‘ridiculous’ and ‘outrageous’

Calls for specialist nurses at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital to undertake cleani

05 Aug 2022
Crackdown on punitive fees that seek to prevent overseas nurses moving jobs

Welcome for move to end ‘horrendous’ practice by rogue employers who tr

03 Aug 2022
Menopause leave: NHS can be a ‘trailblazer’ and improve retention

RCN forum chair urges NHS to trial offering leave to support nurses experiencing

02 Aug 2022
How good is your PPE provision? And how do you feel about vaccinations? Share your views

Now we are ‘living with COVID-19’, we want to know whether nurses are able to access appro

01 Aug 2022
Datix reports ignored or discouraged as staffing crisis prompts safety concerns

Safety concerns prompted by staffing issues are being ignored and nurses dissuaded from fi

29 Jul 2022
Huge response to idea of relaxing English language requirements for overseas nurses

NMC survey on whether language tests for overseas nurses should be relaxed received more t

28 Jul 2022
12-month suspension for nurse who defrauded health board over bank shift payments

NMC hearing reveals Emma Lavelle and colleague claimed £1,504 by signing off payments for

25 Jul 2022

As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, autumn booster vaccination plan is expande

22 Jul 2022

Strategy to get people with learning disabilities and/or autism out of mental health hospit

21 Jul 2022

RCN members in England to be balloted on industrial action after below-inflation pay award

19 Jul 2022

Health leaders say they may have to decide between fair wages for staff or providing&n

19 Jul 2022

NMC consultation looks at relaxing entry requirements, whether students need specific

15 Jul 2022

NHS leaders call on education minister to rethink ‘reckless’ plan of scrapping BTEC qualifi

13 Jul 2022

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