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Career progression … or lack of it: how being a man in nursing is a distinct advantage

Extent of advantage enjoyed by male nurses revealed, as report also exposes scale of race-

26 Apr 2024
Nurse-led work to cut caffeine helps reduce care home falls

Reduction in toileting-related falls credited to use of decaffeinated d

25 Apr 2024
Retired nurse died after DNACPR patient notes mix up, inquest finds

Coroner rules that neglect contributed to Patricia Dawson’s death in the ED, after staff c

18 Apr 2024
What next – and who next – for nursing?

As England’s chief nurse Ruth May announces she is stepping down, we look at what nurses w

17 Apr 2024

RCN chief says that effectively demoting staff to lower pay bands after requesting flexibl

16 Apr 2024
NHS employers reject suggested separate pay spine for nurses

RCN’s proposed new pay scale for nurses only would threaten integrity o

15 Apr 2024
Your employment rights: changes to carer’s leave, pregnancy rules and flexible working

Time off for nurses helping dependants now a legal right, redundancy protection extended i

12 Apr 2024

Decline in nursing degree applications means universities cannot meet national targets, sa

11 Apr 2024
Compensation for charge nurse told she had to stop solely working night shifts

A nurse was awarded more than £22,000 by a tribunal after NHS managers refused to let her

10 Apr 2024
Sexual harassment faced by hundreds of NHS staff goes unreported

Incidents range from crude banter to being touched or kissed and demand

09 Apr 2024

RCN head Pat Cullen wants pay bandings to be overhauled to 'give nursing a fresh start' in

08 Apr 2024
Separate pay spine for nurses: decision draws a step closer

Nurses, unions, employers and other NHS staff urged to submit their views by midnight on 4

04 Apr 2024

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary backlog, but campaig

03 Apr 2024

All Scottish health and care settings must ensure enough qualified nurses, midwives and med

02 Apr 2024

Temporary register encouraged thousands to return to nursing during pand

01 Apr 2024

Regulator says introduction recognises the positive difference nursing associates can

28 Mar 2024

Two nurses have been removed from the register after Nursing and Midwifery Council found ev

27 Mar 2024

NMC fitness to practise panel found that nurse had breached the code of professional behavi

26 Mar 2024

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