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Unions are considering the long-awaited offer before consulting members
21 Aug 2024
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Panel finds nurse lowered NEWS but did not note this alteration or escalate condition
20 Aug 2024
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Employing temporary nurses reduces but does not eliminate higher safety risk
19 Aug 2024
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Nursing students being accepted on to nursing degrees has fallen in the UK as A-level students receive their results
Students need greater grant support to ensure they can afford to eat, says degree leader
15 Aug 2024
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Mary Seacole statue in grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital in London was vandalised
Memorial to nurse who has come to symbolise profession’s diversity is splattered with paint
14 Aug 2024
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RCN is asking nursing staff in an online consultation to say if they approve or disapprove of a pay award of 5.5%; picture shows a finger touching a tick mark on a screen
RCN consultation invites members to say if 5.5% rise is ‘enough of a start on our journey’
08 Aug 2024
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Rioters clashing with police in Manchester. Nurses are being advised on withdrawing treatment from racist or violent patients.
Updated guidance states that staff may withdraw care in certain situations
07 Aug 2024
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Nurse struck off for falsifying timesheets: photo shows a close-up of a fitness-to-practise hearing room door
Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts at the Royal Preston Hospital
06 Aug 2024
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Filipino nurses targeted in Sunderland riots: a man in a mask stands stands next to a police horse as riot police confront protestors in the city centre on Friday
Nurses were going to work at hospital providing emergency cover amid violence, report says
05 Aug 2024
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Back pay for underpaid nurses: band 5 nurses who stepped up to band 6 roles awarded back pay after job evaluation
The 13 staff secured the award after job evaluation moved their roles from band 5 to band 6
31 Jul 2024
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Strikers outside Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, in February 2023
Recommended pay rise seen as minimum, with RCN to ballot members before accepting any offer
22 Jul 2024
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Images of a nurse squatting down due to exhaustion against a background showing nurses doing various tasks
Stark data show thousands leave nursing early which is a tragedy for patient care, says RCN
18 Jul 2024
Unique two-day celebration of nursing, with a focus on continuing professional development
16 Jul 2024
Nicola Ranger has been named as RCN’s next general secretary 
10 Jul 2024
Government urged to act after review finds toxic culture and ineffective FtP processes
10 Jul 2024
Innovative campaign highlights breadth of roles, from air ambulance to global opportunities
09 Jul 2024
Nurses are being let down by their regulator, leading lawyer finds
08 Jul 2024
Former nursing chief, an adult nurse and a mental health nurse win Westminster seats
05 Jul 2024

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