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Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting

Following the government’s 2025-26 NHS staff pay announcement, health and social care secr

23 May 2025
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Despite the above-inflation pay increase, the RCN says starting salaries for nursing staff remain too low

NHS nursing and healthcare staff who are on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wal

22 May 2025
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Jail time for fraudulent nurse: Dean Armitage will serve 18 months for false pay claims

Former mental health nurse Dean Armitage has been jailed for 18 months after being paid ov

21 May 2025
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Nursing staff in England’s NHS are still waiting for news of an already-delayed 2025-26 pay offer: close-up shot of a £20 note

Nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to wait for a 2025-26 pay of

20 May 2025
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Fitness to practise debate: Samantha Spence speaking at a previous RCN congress

Nurses at an RCN congress debate have questioned whether the Nursing and Midwifery Co

19 May 2025
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A rise in nursing lecturer redundancies has sparked concern for the future of nursing courses and the profession as a whole

A surge in nursing lecturer redundancies at educational institutions offering nursing

16 May 2025
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NMC fitness to practise panel found band 6 nurse obtained free hospital parking permit under false pretences

Band 6 nurse Karen Horton was struck off by an NMC fitness to practise panel after fraudul

14 May 2025
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Jessica Thorpe: nursing assistant awarded £24,000 for constructive unfair dismissal

A nursing assistant was suspended for two and a half years despite an investigation findin

13 May 2025
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At the RCN annual congress, general secretary Nicola Ranger called on ministers to

Six weeks after the NHS nursing pay award was due, the RCN warns the government against de

12 May 2025
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A review of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff uncovered alleged racism and reports of theft and drug-taking by staff

A review of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff uncovered reports of racism,

08 May 2025
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Extra patient deaths: an EU nurse leaving the UK

University of Surrey study suggests that EU nurses leaving the UK due to uncertainty trigg

07 May 2025
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Nurse suspended from NMC register for misconduct: NMC headquarters brass plaque

Advanced nurse practitioner Julia Nixon was suspended from the Nursing and Midwifery Counc

06 May 2025

A coroner found that nursing staff at Acorn Lodge Care Home may have lacked the clinical sk

01 May 2025

A senior nurse was awarded more than £200,000 after an employment tribunal found Mersey Car

29 Apr 2025

Nursing staff and unions have criticised the proposed reduction in the rate paid for a

28 Apr 2025

Nursing lecturer Claire Chick’s estranged husband was sentenced to life imprisonment with a

25 Apr 2025

NHS nursing and other healthcare staff, including bank workers, will soon be able to transf

23 Apr 2025

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) fitness to practise panel hears that theatre pract

22 Apr 2025

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