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Nurses who go on strike won’t face fitness to practise hearings, NMC says

As thousands take part in ballots on pay offer, regulator says nurses h

31 Aug 2022

The ballot seeks views of almost 10,000 nurse members, and follows the RCN’s announcement

31 Aug 2022
Government plans to extend pension abatement until March to boost winter staffing

Changes to help retired nurses work during the pandemic are now part of government plans t

31 Aug 2022

Scottish Labour brands the number ‘eye-watering’ and calls on the health secretary to ‘wak

30 Aug 2022
Mental distress a key reason for hospital nurses leaving NHS, study shows

Short periods of sickness absence are also linked to much higher leavin

30 Aug 2022
University and NHS launch ‘1,000 nurses’ recruitment plan for local area

Project aims to boost recruitment and opportunities for students in Coventry and Warw

30 Aug 2022

Nursing Standard readers use social media to berate UK government plans to recruit thousan

26 Aug 2022
Healthcare assistants report skipping meals to keep up with bills

Along with social care staff, porters and others, HCAs struggle to cope

26 Aug 2022
Police watchdog will not probe Met over search for nursing student

The Independent Office for Police Conduct say Met’s death or serious injury referral is ‘i

25 Aug 2022

Queen’s Nursing Institute chief Crystal Oldman says we must review reimbursing costs as sy

25 Aug 2022
Northern Ireland nurses to join other UK nations in industrial action ballot

Health workers in NI, who have not yet received a pay offer for 2022-23, will now be

25 Aug 2022
Free COVID-19 tests for nurses set to end in England next week

Nurses in England will cease to have free tests unless they have sympto

25 Aug 2022

Workforce expert critical of DHSC scheme to let 100 nurses work at an NHS trust despite a g

24 Aug 2022

The Irish and Midwives Organisation will begin balloting members from 1 September for ‘pote

24 Aug 2022

Next PM should bring nurses and GPs out of retirement to tackle NHS staf

24 Aug 2022

Nursing student Owami Davies, whose disappearance from her Essex home in

23 Aug 2022

Nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are the first to use the gog

23 Aug 2022

Campaigners say the move would help tackle period poverty across the UK, after Scotlan

23 Aug 2022

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