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Nursing student Emma Garner was inspired to pursue a career in nursing by the death of her son Thomas (pictured) in April 2018. She is appealing to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to introduce a compassionate leave allowance
Emma Garner missed placement shifts to be with her ill son
09 Oct 2024
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Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel upheld a number of allegations against ward manager
Band 7 nurse humiliated colleagues, used foul language and made clinical errors
08 Oct 2024
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Nurses at Nursing Live, which returns on 23-24 October 2024
Nursing Live on 23-24 October can help nurses and students in all specialties
07 Oct 2024
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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has opted to announce pay awards to NHS staff as early as possible, after years of delays
Wes Streeting promises timely pay decision, but RCN wary of ‘language of austerity’
01 Oct 2024
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Strikes over pay: RCN chief urges government to value nurses as she calls for a higher starting salary for new nurses
£7K pay uplift for new nurses would attract brilliance, says RCN chief
30 Sep 2024
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Photo of Kevin Fong giving evidence at the COVID-19 inquiry
Former national adviser tells inquiry about trauma of nurses’ experiences in the pandemic
26 Sep 2024
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Nurse understaffing on surgical wards has a negative effect on patient recovery; picture shows a nurse smiling at a woman in a hospital gown who is sitting up in a hospital bed
Understaffed surgical wards also have higher mortality rates, research finds
25 Sep 2024
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Nursing staff tell RCN 5.5% pay award for the NHS is not enough
RCN members in show of resolve over this year’s delayed pay rise
23 Sep 2024
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New nurses report working as baristas as trusts impose recruitment freezes and staff cuts
20 Sep 2024
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A total of 23,800 nursing students have been accepted onto courses across the UK, down by one fifth since the peak in 2021. A stressed student looks at some documents
Slump in course acceptances prompts call for urgent action on student finances
19 Sep 2024
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Former chief nurse for England Dame Ruth May gave emotionally charged evidence to the COVD inquiry 
She said ‘catastrophic’ loss of NHS student bursary robbed workforce of thousands of nurses
17 Sep 2024
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A brass plaque at the entrance to the NMC. An FtP panel finds 77 charges were proved, ten were not proved and on 14 there was no case to answer​​​​​​​
FtP panel told of inappropriate challenges to medication and patient discharge
16 Sep 2024
Specialist nurses welcome new push to improve diagnosis and care by identifying priorities
13 Sep 2024
Award receives tepid response from RCN Wales, which will now ask members if it’s enough
11 Sep 2024
NMC panel hands out two-month suspension, but finds nurse is not ‘inherently dishonest’
04 Sep 2024
Band 4-6 revised profiles will be published after review of all bands is complete
03 Sep 2024
New NHS pay points incentivise staff on band 7 to seek promotion despite loss of overtime pay
02 Sep 2024
Applications open until 18 October – and you don’t have to be an RCN member to be eligible
27 Aug 2024

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