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Images shows a montage of the three new nurse MPs, from left to right: Sojan Joseph, Kevin Mckenna, and Pat Cullen
Former nursing chief, an adult nurse and a mental health nurse win Westminster seats
05 Jul 2024
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Office filing cabinet drawer is open, revealing files marked ‘investigations’ and ‘fraud’, to illustrate nurses’ removal from NMC register because of test centre fraud
Suspicions were aroused because competence tests were completed ‘exceptionally fast’
04 Jul 2024
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Helen Herniman, who has been appointed interim CEO for the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Helen Herniman is now in post as the regulator’s interim chief executive 
03 Jul 2024
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Sir Ed Davey wants to provide a specialist nurse for every cancer patient if party is elected
27 Jun 2024
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Exterior of St Thomas’ Hospital building in London
‘Chronically overworked’ staff at London trust to strike for two days in protest
26 Jun 2024
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Trust staff award ‘hearts’ to peers to exchange for items such as Bluetooth speakers
21 Jun 2024
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Photo of nursing associate with patient, illustrating story about nursing associate adverts
Some job adverts promise band 5 status, leadership and line management responsibilities
20 Jun 2024
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Nurse smiles on picket line during RCN pay strike in England’s NHS, holding banner calling for ‘fair pay for nursing’
Band 5 nurses in Scotland can request banding review if they believe they’re undervalued&nbsp
18 Jun 2024
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Wowcher webpage showing nurse prescribing course offered for £9
Course can be taken by anyone aged 16 or over and appears to offer no assessment
14 Jun 2024
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Cupped hand holds two tablets, illustrating case of nurse suspended after stealing paracetamol from ward
It was common for staff to use ward paracetamol – I thought it was allowed, nurse told NMC
13 Jun 2024
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Aerial photograph of the now-closed Cawston Park Hospital, where inspectors found consistent failures
NMC ruled registrant failed to show leadership in an emergency and must retake training
12 Jun 2024
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Nursing student Karen Cochrane with daughter and the woman whose life she saved
Karen Cochrane’s action after witnessing a heart attack is praised by family and staff
11 Jun 2024
Option of extra shifts benefits many staff, but union calls for longer-term staffing plan
06 Jun 2024
Welsh star urges nurses to use their platform and knowledge to tackle stigma
05 Jun 2024
NMC panel finds agency nurse failed to complete care notes and record contact with patients
04 Jun 2024
Whoever is in power after general election must end unfair delays, says RCN acting leader
03 Jun 2024
General secretary who took nurses into historic strikes stands down in bid to become MP
29 May 2024
Report calls for ‘dismantling of stereotype that views nursing as suited primarily for women’
28 May 2024

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