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RCN calls in cyber security firm amid claim signatures on a petition were falsifed

Online petition called for emergency meeting to push for no-confidence vote on RCN’s leade

05 Apr 2023
Agency staff bill exceeds £26 million in just three months

Calls to tackle workforce crisis in Scotland as Scottish Labour reveals ‘unsustainable’ sp

04 Apr 2023
Lucy Letby trial: colleagues recall how staff stabilised infant after his sats dropped

Neonatal nurse is accused of attempting to murder baby boy – her last of her 17 alleged vi

04 Apr 2023
Pay spine for nursing could create tension between nurses and other NHS staff groups

Unions and nurses speak out against RCN’s ambition to see an NHS pay scale designed solely

04 Apr 2023
Emergency nurse resigns on Twitter, saying he can’t face working in NHS any longer

Emergency nurse announces resignation in early morning tweet, tagging t

03 Apr 2023

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03 Apr 2023
End fees, pay for placements and give students holidays: a nurse-led recruitment plan

Better pay, fee-free training, paid placements and summer holidays for students would boos

31 Mar 2023
Free symptomatic COVID-19 testing in hospitals and care homes set to end from 1 April

Lateral flow tests will no longer be needed for symptomatic nurses in England unless they

31 Mar 2023
Nurse retention: will 4-day week on same pay prevent staff quitting NHS?

Campaigners want NHS employers to trial a 32-hour, four-day week, which

31 Mar 2023
Lucy Letby trial: baby had extensive haemorrhaging from ‘impact-type’ injuries to liver

Child O’s death was partly due to injuries similar to those caused by a road traffic colli

30 Mar 2023
NHS nurse pay offer: key talks on how to fund award haven’t even started yet

Chancellor tells MPs the Treasury has not discussed with health department how NHS pay off

30 Mar 2023
NMC keeps registration fee at £120 to ensure affordability

Registration fee will be frozen for ‘as long as possible’ to ensure affordability amid cos

30 Mar 2023

Bank staff in Wales will be locked out of unconsolidated, one-off payment that formed part

29 Mar 2023

Leaked plan reports ‘major concerns’ over reliance on overseas and agency staff and advocat

29 Mar 2023

Frustration as RCN website is overwhelmed by nurses trying to vote on the opening day of th

28 Mar 2023

Union members to have their say on improved offer wrung from ministers a

28 Mar 2023

Staff can apply for posts at a new hospital that promises good money as well as plenty

28 Mar 2023

Uptake of financial support scheme for health workers’ dependents lower than pandemic death

27 Mar 2023

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