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Role banding: ‘I want fairness for all nurses doing my job’

A specialist school nurse claims his job, graded by his NHS employer at Agenda for Change

27 Sep 2024
COVID-19 inquiry: nurses describe scenes ‘from hell’ on wards

Former national clinical adviser tells COVID-19 inquiry of the trauma experience

26 Sep 2024
Nurse understaffing raises risk of post-surgical pressure ulcers 

Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has been linked to a higher risk of pressure ulcers,

25 Sep 2024
5.5% pay rise isn’t enough: NHS staff tell union leaders they reject 2024-25 award

Nurses and support staff in England’s NHS tell their union, the RCN, in an online con

23 Sep 2024
From placements to Starbucks: newly registered nurses struggle to find NHS jobs 

Newly registered nurses (NRNs) are finding it difficult to secure NHS nursing jobs and are

20 Sep 2024
Number of students accepted onto nursing degree courses lowest in over a decade

Slump in degree course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on nursing student finan

19 Sep 2024
Tearful former chief nurse tells COVID inquiry of nursing staff’s struggles in pandemic

Former chief nurse tells COVID-19 inquiry abolition of NHS nursing student bursary was to

17 Sep 2024
Nurse who faced more than 100 charges struck off

Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise (FtP) panel heard nurse X

16 Sep 2024
Sepsis treatment: answers to 10 questions could unlock breakthrough for outcomes

Sepsis top 10 research priorities list includes diagnostics, better use of antibiotics and

13 Sep 2024
Recommended 5.5% pay rise approved for nurses in Wales

The Welsh Government’s acceptance of the Pay Review Body recommendation

11 Sep 2024
Lower limb wounds trial’s dramatic results could help improve patient outcomes

Chronic lower limb wounds healed more quickly and recurrence dropped substantially in a tr

10 Sep 2024
Nurse used funds from patient activity budget to pay for staff party

Mental health nurse Marcia Harding, who was trying to raise staff moral

04 Sep 2024

Band 4-6 role profiles review to be published at the start of next year following further w

03 Sep 2024

Changes to Agenda for Change band 8 pay scale mean nurses in senior leadership ro

02 Sep 2024

RCN Foundation grant applications now open to help fund post-registration qualifi

27 Aug 2024

The Scottish Government has made a 5.5% pay offer to NHS healthcare staff on Agenda for Cha

21 Aug 2024

Nurse Ian O’Connor has been handed a 12-month suspension order by the Nursing and Midwifery

20 Aug 2024

A large-scale study finds that using temporary staff to plug gaps does mitigate the ra

19 Aug 2024

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