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Pay: top CEOs earn more than 100 times the salary of the average nurse

Unions say there is ‘something fundamentally wrong with British society’ following the pub

07 Jan 2022
I was bullied for wearing my cross: Christian nurse wins unfair dismissal case

Christian nurse was treated unfairly by Croydon NHS trust when she felt forced to quit her

06 Jan 2022

Lack of government plan to tackle record waiting lists, says former health secretary

06 Jan 2022
Nurses offer tips for a student’s first placement

University of Salford student Freda took to Twitter to ask for advice – which included ask

06 Jan 2022
Positive lateral flow but asymptomatic? Rule change aims to get you back to work sooner

Healthcare staff, asymptomatic despite positive lateral flow test, to no longer wait for o

05 Jan 2022
Nurse struck off for stealing controlled drugs from hospital

NMC fitness to practise panel finds former St Mark’s Hospital, London nurse Michael Andaya

05 Jan 2022

Nurses are being asked to work on rest days and cancel annual leave to fill staff absences

04 Jan 2022

Toll that punishing workload and unpaid hours are taking is revealed in nurses’ own words

04 Jan 2022
New year’s honours recognise nurses’ efforts during COVID-19 and beyond

National vaccine workforce lead and nursing lecturer who developed suicide prevention prog

31 Dec 2021

Latest figures show surge in staff absences in acute trusts due to the virus

31 Dec 2021
Nurse leaders raise concerns over staffing of Nightingale hubs

Hubs to be built in hospital grounds, but RCN says workforce already overstretched 

30 Dec 2021
Thousands of nurses want to quit due to exhaustion, survey shows

More than half of nurses and healthcare support workers who took part i

30 Dec 2021

Nursing and Midwifery Council reopens COVID-19 temporary register to overseas nurses as NHS

23 Dec 2021

In England the number of days fully-vaccinated people who have tested positive need to stay

22 Dec 2021

A look back at the ten most-read Nursing Standard news stories in 2021 from flexible w

22 Dec 2021

Employers have been told to review staffing and recruit internationally as Omicron surge pu

21 Dec 2021

Staff share plans for buffets, festive tunes on the radio – and ‘Chrimbo tights’

21 Dec 2021

Nursing assistant Petra Srncova had been missing for two weeks when her body was found in a

20 Dec 2021

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