Sensitively spaced days off boost morale, but views are split on length of shifts – study

CQC says failures included inadequate nurse staffing levels and compromised patient safety

Primary care staff’s salary rises ‘being treated as an afterthought’

But do ‘golden hellos’ merely shift recruitment issues from one employer to another?

Survey suggests many are in arrears with rent, mortgages and bills, and even skip meals

Call for nurses’ student debt averaging £48,000 to be forgiven if they stay in the NHS

Part-time degree aims to enable those with experience in caring roles to enter nursing

Unsafe working conditions pinpointed as union warns of burnout and mental health concerns

Ban on use of temp staff to fill in for strikers must stay, say TUC and agencies’ body

Many pay for training with loans or savings as employers fail to do so, says report

Alice Chappell has been recognised for her lifesaving care at a minor injuries unit

Some NHS nurses say current pay structure fails to recognise full scope of modern nursing

Nurse will support patients, families and colleagues to detect and treat cases quickly

Hidden camera showed nurse’s claims about welfare checks and verifying death were untrue

Pressures on community teams found to be factor in death of woman with sacral ulcer

Nurses’ pay spine could reward experience, says RCN, but others warn of divisiveness

Critics warn that ‘newly registered nurses can’t just go straight into general practice’

Seconded manager who also worked shifts at her trust displayed ‘serious dishonesty’ – NMC