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Nursing leaders praise benefits the role brings to the health service and patient care
29 Jan 2024
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Photo of busy hospital ward, illustrating story about rising demand for care
Health think-tank also says growth in staff has not been spread evenly across NHS
26 Jan 2024
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A nurse holds a hand to her forehead in apparent distress as a colleague looks on anxiously
Unsafe working conditions pinpointed as union warns of burnout and mental health concerns
26 Jan 2024
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Photo of nurses striking at Antrim Area Hospital in Northern Ireland last week
Union warns that Northern Ireland’s nurses could take further industrial action
25 Jan 2024
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A close up of the uniform of a nursing associate
Nurses have criticised employers for looking for a ‘cheap, expendable’ workforce
25 Jan 2024
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Ban on use of temp staff to fill in for strikers must stay, say TUC and agencies’ body
24 Jan 2024
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A woman sitting at a computer frowns as she holds up a bill
Many pay for training with loans or savings as employers fail to do so, says report
24 Jan 2024
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A nursing associate prepares a female patient for a vaccination
Band 4 role will mirror that in England but RCN cautions against exploitation
22 Jan 2024
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Nurses hold placards on picket line in Sheffield during NHS pay strike
Some NHS nurses say current pay structure fails to recognise full scope of modern nursing
19 Jan 2024
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A smiling James Philliskirk, who developed sepsis from a Strep A skin infection
Nurse will support patients, families and colleagues to detect and treat cases quickly
19 Jan 2024
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NMC headquarters brass plaque showing its name and logo – a nurse was struck off by the regulator over a patient's end of life care
Hidden camera showed nurse’s claims about welfare checks and verifying death were untrue
18 Jan 2024
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Striking nurses outside Antrim Area Hospital
Nurses in Northern Ireland take to picket lines amid failure to implement pay award
18 Jan 2024
Rampton Hospital was found to overuse restrictive practices due to understaffing
17 Jan 2024
Storms in the UK have forced people out of their homes with some nurses unable to work
17 Jan 2024
Pressures on community teams found to be factor in death of woman with sacral ulcer
16 Jan 2024
Rises in contribution rates could prompt greater levels of pension opt-outs
16 Jan 2024
Undignified 12-hour waits increase by 50-fold since 2019 amid chronic staff shortages
15 Jan 2024
Nurses’ pay spine could reward experience, says RCN, but others warn of divisiveness
12 Jan 2024

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