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Nurses with long-COVID: a woman clutches her chest due to shortness of breath, a common symptom of long-COVID

Survey by the RCN reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long-COVID, with

05 Dec 2024
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Number nurses leaving NMC register has risen by almost 50% in just six months

Number of newly registered nurses and midwives leaving the professions has jumped by almos

02 Dec 2024
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Anthony Omo, adviser to NMC told members that: ‘healthcare is dangerous, and so there is a level of risk you need to live with’

Under fire Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) cannot ‘be the police of nurses’ and must l

28 Nov 2024
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The RCN, Unison and Unite say that 1 million NHS staff in England will not receive their pay rise in time in April if the government waits for the pay review report. Picture shows nursing staff on the picket line

The RCN, Unison and Unite nursing unions have written a joint letter to health and social

26 Nov 2024
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Photo of pen writing on paper, illustrating story about a nurse investigated after signing off on competencies that required a supervisor's signature

A Nursing and Midwifery Council fitness to practise panel said as a newly registered nurse

20 Nov 2024
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Paul Rees, named as NMC's next interim chief executive will attempt to lead performance improvements after damning report into regulator's culture

The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) interim chief executive Paul Rees should

19 Nov 2024
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National uniforms: staff at Northwick Park Hospital inspect the range of new uniforms for healthcare staff across NHS England, which are hanging on a clothes rail

NHS England’s national standardised uniforms for healthcare staff will soon be launched at

18 Nov 2024
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned healthcare employers to make stringent identi

14 Nov 2024
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Photo of health secretary Wes Streeting, who plans to ban agency spend for band 2 and 3 posts

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will tell staff at NHS Providers conference

12 Nov 2024
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Jessica Thorpe won her case against  Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust for unfair constructive dismissal, breach of contract and unlawful deduction of wages

A trainee nurse suspended for two and a half years after a patient falsely claimed said sh

11 Nov 2024
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Nursing leaders warn that the hike in UK tuition fees will discourage prospective students from joining the profession

A psychiatric liaison nurse with more than £80,000 in student debts warns that the UK gove

05 Nov 2024
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Nearly three quarters of RCN members in Wales who voted in a consultation have rejected th

04 Nov 2024

NMC fitness to practise panel strikes off mental health nurse who failed to visit vulnerabl

31 Oct 2024

As the chanceller Rachel Reeves revealed her first budget for the Labour government wi

30 Oct 2024

Hundreds of nurses feel let down after being told by the Nursing and Mid

29 Oct 2024

Internationally educated nurse recruits at six London trusts wore ‘staff

28 Oct 2024

Nursing staff on shift when the clocks change in the UK, the moment that marks the end of B

24 Oct 2024

National consultation on future of NHS opens with early suggestions for nurses including be

22 Oct 2024

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