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Band 7 ward manager suspended by NMC for leaving early from bank shifts on her own ward

Band 7 ward manager was suspended from the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for repe

07 Jan 2025
More time to have your say on band 7, 8 and 9 job profiles review

 The NHS Staff Council has extended the consultation period on its review of job prof

06 Jan 2025
New year honours list 2025: the nurses recognised

Nurses from across the UK awarded honours including CBE, OBE, MBE and B

30 Dec 2024
NHS managers could face ban for serious misconduct and failure to act on concerns

Proposals to introduce professional regulation for NHS managers include&nbs

17 Dec 2024
Lucy Letby: lawyers seek to challenge verdicts as witness ‘changes mind’

Defence lawyers for former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, who was convicted of murdering seven

16 Dec 2024

With a 14% rise in concerns raised to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2023-24, data r

12 Dec 2024

The Department of Health and Social Care has submitted evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body

11 Dec 2024
Nurses with long-COVID being ‘let down by their employers’

Survey by the RCN reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long-COVID, with

05 Dec 2024
Practice nurse who gave patients wrong injection avoids NMC suspension

A nurse who mistakenly gave patients a steroid injection instead of a contraceptive inject

04 Dec 2024
Steep rise in new registrants quitting profession, as recruitment slows

Number of newly registered nurses and midwives leaving the professions has jumped by almos

02 Dec 2024
Fitness to practise backlog: NMC cannot be expected to police nurses, says new adviser

Under fire Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) cannot ‘be the police of nurses’ and must l

28 Nov 2024
Axe NHS Pay Review Body: nursing unions urge government to deal directly with them

The RCN, Unison and Unite nursing unions have written a joint letter to health and social

26 Nov 2024

Two district nurses claim they are together owed around £90,000 in years of back pay a

21 Nov 2024

A Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel said as a newly registered nurse

20 Nov 2024

The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) interim chief executive Paul Rees should w

19 Nov 2024

NHS England’s national standardised uniforms for healthcare staff will soon be launched at&

18 Nov 2024

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned healthcare employers to make stringent identit

14 Nov 2024

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will tell staff at NHS Providers conference

12 Nov 2024

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