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A tribunal panel looks as documents, with witness facing them across a table. A nurse with Chron’s disease won a tribunal after NHS employer reneged on reasonable adjustments

Nursing Standard

Compensation for charge nurse told she had to stop solely working night shifts

Managers rowed back on reasonable adjustments that helped her manage a chronic condition

10 Apr 2024

Photo of RCN general secretary Pat Cullen, illustrating story about RCN's response to government proposals on nurse pay

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Nurses should get £35k starting salary, government told

RCN head Pat Cullen wants overhaul of pay bandings and improvements to nurse career pathway

08 Apr 2024

Nursing staff from York Hospital in North Yorkshire on the hospital picket line during the RCN strike in May last year

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Separate pay spine for nurses: decision draws a step closer

Nurses urged to air views on pay as government consultation closes at midnight

04 Apr 2024

An NMC hearing with tables in a U shape, the panel members facing the camera and being addressed by two people sitting opposite them who are looking at a folder of documents

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Nurse fitness to practise referrals soar amid high case backlog

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary caseload

03 Apr 2024

Three nurses at a very busy hospital workstation

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Groundbreaking safe staffing law now in force for nurses in Scotland

All Scottish health and care settings must have enough qualified nurses to provide safe care

02 Apr 2024

A nurse holds a pen and document as she talks to a patient sitting up in a hospital bed, both of them wearing protective masks

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NMC closes temporary register set up during COVID-19 crisis

Temporary register saw thousands return to nursing to aid vulnerable at peak of pandemic

01 Apr 2024

Photo of nurse associate students in training, illustrating story about their introduction in Wales

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NMC agrees to regulate nursing associate role in Wales

First nursing associates expected to begin training in autumn 2025

28 Mar 2024

Picture of filing cabinet tabs with FRAUD in red letters and INVESTIGATIONS and LAW in black letters

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Two nurses removed from NMC register for test fraud

Regulator found evidence of fraudulent computer-based tests at a centre in Nigeria

27 Mar 2024

Nursing and Midwifery nameplate outside its HQ

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Nurse suspended after trying to get selfie with footballer

NMC gives nurse four-month suspension for breaching code and patient privacy

26 Mar 2024

Close-up image of two hands, as a nurse in uniform sits at the bedside of a dying patient in hospital, holding their hand

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When a patient is dying: nurses’ role in the hours before and after death

Recognising when death is near, verifying death and providing compassionate care

26 Mar 2024

Striking nurses at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry

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Nurses reject pay offer as it falls short of giving them parity

Nurses in Northern Ireland refuse deal that fails to bring them in line with England

25 Mar 2024

Image of four students turning their backs on a beckoning figure standing at a doorway labelled ‘Nursing Careers’

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Why are students turning away from nursing courses?

Promises of a rewarding career fail to halt a decline in applicants for nursing courses

25 Mar 2024

A smiling advanced nurse practitioner in NHS Fife's new purple uniform

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Purple uniforms introduced for advanced nurse practitioners

Scottish trust’s uniforms ensure better recognition of ANPs in emergency settings

22 Mar 2024

Lady Justice Thirlwall and Lucy Letby

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Letby inquiry: hundreds of nurse whistleblowers want to take part

NHS Whistleblowers group wants staff to have their say on culture around raising concerns

21 Mar 2024

The Princess of Wales on an engagement last November

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Reminder for nurses after claim of prying into Kate’s medical notes during hospital stay

Health minister cautions nurses after newspaper reports attempt to access princess’s records

20 Mar 2024

Photo of nurses from black and minority ethnic backgrounds

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Discrimination in NHS: report reveals ‘glacial’ pace of change

Figures also show level of bullying or harassment of black and minority ethnic female nurses

19 Mar 2024

Community nurse looks fed up as she sips hot drink in her car between home visits. Many community nurses are seeing a delay in payment of part of their 2022-23 pay deal

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Community nurses’ missing money: why staff continue to be denied their ‘backlog bonus’

Health minister urged to honour pledge to NHS-contracted staff as new financial year looms

18 Mar 2024

Nursing and Midwifery Council sign, illustrating story about a nurse's fitness to practise hearing

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Nurse struck off for altering patient’s notes after death

Fitness to practise hearing finds Helen Powell deliberately misled the Coroner’s Court

15 Mar 2024

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If you feel close to quitting your degree, what would persuade you to stay the course?

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01 May 2024

Why flexible working could mean dropping a pay band

Despite legal changes, nurses say employers are not doing enough to allow requests

26 Apr 2024

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A typical day’s work as a forensic nurse examiner

What’s involved in this demanding role, and the skills and compassion required

14 Mar 2024