Editorial

New NHS uniforms won’t please everyone, but will they help you stand out from the crowd?

New nationally colour-coded garments for nurses and other staff groups have yet to win uni

30 Nov 2023
Nursing Live: here’s why we hope you can join us for our celebration of nurses

Get your free ticket to our celebration of nurses and nursing – a unique event designed to

25 Oct 2023
Martha’s rule: role nurses will play points to profession’s unique position of trust

The trust placed in nurses will be central to new process designed to enable patients and

22 Sep 2023
Letby defiled her role, but she will never define the profession she betrayed

The neonatal nurse’s appalling crimes will inevitably introduce fear and mistrust to what

29 Aug 2023
Innovation and patient advocacy: awards showcase the best of nursing

We reveal the finalists for the 2023 RCN Nursing Awards, whose work represents the quality

25 Jul 2023
Worn-out and unrewarded: nurses’ pay dispute is fundamental to health service’s future

In the health service’s 75th anniversary year, nurses are keeping its founding principles

23 Jun 2023
Nurses aren’t dazzled by golden hellos – being paid properly is what really counts

Employers are having to devise recruitment and retention packages to fill the salary gap,

23 May 2023
NHS pay offer decision: questions to consider before you vote

With a new offer on the table for Agenda for Change staff in England following strike acti

28 Mar 2023
Striking NHS nurses are sending a clear message that they’re in no mood for defeat

Industrial action is the product of years of pent-up frustration that is now fuelling NHS

24 Jan 2023
Whatever you stance on striking, you deserve respect and fairness in your workplace

With picket lines of nurses likely to be springing up outside NHS workplaces soon, it’s im

24 Nov 2022
Nurses’ strike ballot: a profession left with no other option

As another new government fails to offer solutions to the staffing and pay shortfalls in t

28 Sep 2022
Should specialist nurses be asked to help cover cleaning duties on wards?

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital wrote to nurses asking them to fill ward staf

24 Aug 2022

Until the government values nursing there will always be recruitment and retention crises.

25 Jul 2022

Industrial action seems a strong possibility as nursing staff in the health service face pr

29 Jun 2022

Ending free parking for hospital staff in England is out of touch with cost of living press

24 May 2022

Nurses are crying out for work-life balance, and while new rules help, employers must find

26 Apr 2022

Access to a proper staff room should not be too much to ask – and considering the complex c

29 Mar 2022

Presenteeism is a product of the staffing crisis engulfing the health service.

23 Feb 2022

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