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Chancellor Rishi Sunak must decide how high a priority nurses’ pay should be
Nurses face losing out as chancellor grapples with competing pressures on public spending
10 Mar 2022
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Researchers say flexibility is key to retaining nurses and addressing staffing shortages
10 Mar 2022
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Picture of Zeba Arif, a retired forensic psychiatric nurse
Comments by retired nurse Zeba Arif come as health organisations endorse manifesto for change
09 Mar 2022
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Three people pulling in one direction and one person running off in another as unions disagree on NHS pay campaign
Unison, Royal College of Midwives and others voice dismay at RCN’s break-away stance
09 Mar 2022
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Lib Dem Lord Willis challenged health department’s 50,000 Nurse Progress report

08 Mar 2022
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Picture shows a nurse preparing a drugs trolley
Charge included issuing controlled drugs with no checker and giving unprescribed injection
08 Mar 2022
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RCN demands 12.5% pay rise for nurses in NHS
Only substantial salary uplift can stop exodus of nurses and protect patient safety – RCN
08 Mar 2022
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But unions demand fair pay for nurses and a transparent health and care workforce strategy
07 Mar 2022
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RCN comments on House of Lords vote to request more regular staffing data from government
04 Mar 2022
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Poor pay just one of many reasons for staff shortages, a nurse tells parliamentary commi
04 Mar 2022
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Government message follows scrapping of mandatory jabs for front-line health and care staf

03 Mar 2022
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Nurse Deborah Edwards (right) at a church in Doncaster where donations are being collected to send to Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Poland. Also pictured (L-R) Sandra Walczak, Father Njoku (priest), John Carberry (parish chairman), Sandra Leach (community
Nurses’ initiative sees outpouring of support, with lorry set to leave packed with donations
02 Mar 2022
Report confirms what staff feared about how soon supplies could run out, union says
02 Mar 2022
Government consultation revealed overwhelming support for ending vaccination requirement
01 Mar 2022
Move seen as a blow to the profession, deterring people from pursuing careers in nursing
01 Mar 2022
Survey of front-line health and emergency workers found nurses among those who walk miles
01 Mar 2022

RCN’s updated guide follows a nurse-led catch-up programme for measles, mumps and rubella

28 Feb 2022
RCN is demanding rise of 15% and may hold further votes on possible industrial action
25 Feb 2022

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