Alison Stacey

A billboard advert promoting nursing careers in Canada

Nursing abroad: how recruiters are tempting UK staff to Canada

Billboards show benefits such as escaping low pay and access to spectacular scenery

Brass name plate outside NMC building

Nurse struck off after failing to give patient CPR

Registrant ‘remorseful’ but failed to engage with regulator after suspension over incident

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NHS nurses on an NHS pay strike picket line

Why do NHS nurses in Scotland appear to get a better deal than elsewhere in the UK?

It seems staff there enjoy benefits their colleagues elsewhere can only dream of

Photo of nurse analysing a clinical display screen, illustrating story about whether nurses' clinical skills are valued enough

Job profiles: have your say on whether they value nurses’ skills

Consultation on proposed revisions to band 4, 5 and 6 job profiles begins

Two officials sit together conferring over paperwork to show the FtP process that is currently subject to planned changes that could reduce need to go to formal hearings

FtP hearings: plans that would bypass formal hearings in some cases are flawed, says NMC

Nurses could fear repercussions of accepting guilt, regulator and NHS Employers warn

Image of a figure representing a nurse holding out her hands in alarm as she slides down a red arrow above a series of boxes labelled from bands 7 to 4

Why flexible working could mean dropping a pay band

Despite legal changes, nurses say employers are not doing enough to allow requests

Retired nurse died after DNACPR patient notes mix up, inquest finds

Coroner rules that neglect contributed to Patricia Dawson’s death in the ED

Chief nursing officer for England Ruth May, who has announced her retirement

What next – and who next – for nursing?

As England’s CNO prepares to step down, what should her successor’s priorities be?

Illustration of steps showing different pay bands as nurse steps down onto band 5 step

Nurses forced into lower pay bands after requesting flexible hours

RCN chief brands practice ‘shameful’ and vows to get college’s lawyers to review issue

Striking nurses in Plymouth, Devon, in May 2023

NHS employers reject suggested separate pay spine for nurses

RCN’s proposed nursing pay scale would harm morale, employers tell government consultation

Older woman stands facing younger woman, possibly her daughter who has a supportive hand on her shoulder. Carer's leave is now a right, which will support the nurse workforce

Your employment rights: changes to carer’s leave, pregnancy rules and flexible working

Time off to support dependants becomes a legal right and redundancy protection is extended

Photo of nursing students in a lecture, illustrating story about declining student numbers

Nursing student numbers: degree places ‘getting harder to fill’

University says it cannot meet national targets and had to scrap mental health intake

Compensation for charge nurse told she had to stop solely working night shifts

Managers rowed back on reasonable adjustments that helped her manage a chronic condition

Nurses should get £35k starting salary, government told

RCN head Pat Cullen wants overhaul of pay bandings and improvements to nurse career pathway

Separate pay spine for nurses: decision draws a step closer

Nurses urged to air views on pay as government consultation closes at midnight

Nurse fitness to practise referrals soar amid high case backlog

NMC pledges £30 million to tackle disciplinary caseload

Groundbreaking safe staffing law now in force for nurses in Scotland

All Scottish health and care settings must have enough qualified nurses to provide safe care

NMC closes temporary register set up during COVID-19 crisis

Temporary register saw thousands return to nursing to aid vulnerable at peak of pandemic

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