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RCN analysis finds NHS in England spent more than £3 billion over three years, while the g

06 Dec 2023
Your right to strike: condemnation for law limiting nurses’ scope for industrial action

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels Act) could be a legal breach, say unions and other groups

06 Dec 2023
‘Cruel’ curbs on migrant care workers seen as disaster for NHS and social care

Ban on bringing family members will discourage migrants, adding to work

05 Dec 2023
You can’t blame nurses’ strikes for record NHS waiting lists, minister told

Staff need reassurance about winter pressures and not to be held responsible for back

05 Dec 2023
Hospital intruder who posed as an agency nurse gave patient care and stole documentation

Woman got as far as helping staff deliver patient care, and left with documentation on mor

01 Dec 2023

Sickle Cell Society report also finds low morale and burnout among staff, with the charity

01 Dec 2023
New anti-strike code of practice approved by MPs, despite human rights concerns

The code of practice for nurses who wish to strike, approved by MPs, gives employers discr

30 Nov 2023
UK-trained nurse numbers hits record high but red-list recruitment remains a concern

The NMC has recorded a record rise in UK-educated registrants, but there has also been con

30 Nov 2023
Rise in nurses hits 50,000 target but too many posts still unfilled, say critics

Despite ‘political’ recruitment target being met there are nurses on ev

30 Nov 2023
NHS pay deal: reopen talks with nurses, union leader urges government

Nurses’ leader tells minister profession’s ‘inadequate’ pay is a sexual equality issue thr

29 Nov 2023
Focus on curbing exploitation of foreign staff, not immigration levels, minister told

Union and care sector providers call on government to prevent unethical international recr

28 Nov 2023

Scottish Government considering reforms to Agenda for Change contracts, which also include

28 Nov 2023

NHS pay offer for medical consultants has left nurses feeling more undervalued because it&n

27 Nov 2023

Data given precedence over nursing judgement for strategic staffing decisions, at

24 Nov 2023

Nursing leaders warn of an impending mental health crisis after alarming rise in reports of

24 Nov 2023

A student's account of financial struggles was heard by MPs in Westminster Hall; other heal

23 Nov 2023

The smart scrub tunic, in an array of colours with one for nurses and ot

23 Nov 2023

Clinical supervision programme focuses on emotional challenges of the ro

23 Nov 2023

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