News

Investment in nursing vital as NHS wait list could top eight million

Health Foundation analysis prompts calls for urgent action after ‘a decade of underin

27 Oct 2023

We asked Nursing Standard readers whether the extra hour on shift for some nurses should m

27 Oct 2023
Bank and social enterprise staff cut out of COVID bonus: ministers face legal battle

Court challenge looms after NHS bank staff and nurses working for social enterprises were

26 Oct 2023
Crucial role for nurses in helping reduce sepsis deaths

Patients still dying due to not receiving right care at right time, but

26 Oct 2023
Delay in general practice staff’s salary rise exposes inequality in funding of nurse pay

General practice staff were promised 6% award, but union claims thousands could still

25 Oct 2023
Overseas care staff 'trapped by fees and threats of deportation'

Charity helpline sees rise in calls by care workers recruited from over

25 Oct 2023
Rise in retired NHS nurses returning to work after pension change

‘Retire-and-return’ option for new NHS pensioners proved more popular among recently retir

24 Oct 2023
Safe staffing law has improved nurses’ lives yet moves to extend it are stalling – union

Nurses’ leader credits new law with improving staff well-being but tells Welsh parliament

24 Oct 2023
Job advert criticised for devaluing nursing with low pay band

NHS trust’s advert for clinical nurse specialist with ‘an advanced level of practice’ draw

23 Oct 2023
High levels of stress among unsupported, burnt out staff is putting patients at risk

Near misses, medicine errors and unsafe incidents are rife says Care Quality Commission’s

20 Oct 2023
Letby public inquiry will scrutinise actions of trust managers and nurse’s colleagues

Culture at Countess of Chester Hospital to be a key focus of Thirlwall Inquiry as it exami

20 Oct 2023
UK nurse leaders condemn unlawful bombing on Gaza hospital and call for reconciliation

Nursing leaders call for an end to unlawful bombing of civilians and healthcare

20 Oct 2023

Laura Hyde Foundation has welcomed the project that will investigate root causes of the hig

19 Oct 2023

Field-specific standards for nursing cover learning disabilities, palliative and end of lif

19 Oct 2023

Nurses with long-COVID condemn comments casting doubt on their condition made by Boris John

18 Oct 2023

Union urges nurses in general practice in Scotland to write to their employers if there is

18 Oct 2023

Guidance from the NHS Staff Council says employers should review ad hoc home and agile work

17 Oct 2023

Employment and equality lawyer will lead reviews sparked by claims of institutional racism,

17 Oct 2023

Jobs