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Cost-of-living struggles continue to push nurses to think of quitting the profession
Survey suggests many are in arrears with rent, mortgages and bills, and even skip meals
07 Feb 2024
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Write off nurses’ loans after ten years, says report
Call for nurses’ student debt averaging £48,000 to be forgiven if they stay in the NHS
07 Feb 2024
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Flexible new nursing degree will support work-life balance
Part-time degree aims to enable those with experience in caring roles to enter nursing
06 Feb 2024
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Thousands of nursing shifts lost due to stress and anxiety
Unsafe working conditions pinpointed as union warns of burnout and mental health concerns
26 Jan 2024
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Don’t put agency nurses in position of providing strike cover, unions’ leader urges
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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Nurses skipping meals, going into debt to pay for their training
Many pay for training with loans or savings as employers fail to do so, says report
24 Jan 2024
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Award for nurse whose quick thinking saved man with severe saw injuries
Alice Chappell has been recognised for her lifesaving care at a minor injuries unit
23 Jan 2024
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Could breaking away from Agenda for Change really unblock your access to higher pay?
Some NHS nurses say current pay structure fails to recognise full scope of modern nursing
19 Jan 2024
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Hospital appoints lead sepsis nurse to educate staff on warning signs after boy’s death
Nurse will support patients, families and colleagues to detect and treat cases quickly
19 Jan 2024
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Struck off: care home deputy manager who made false claims about dying patient’s care
Hidden camera showed nurse’s claims about welfare checks and verifying death were untrue
18 Jan 2024
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Sepsis death: district nurse shortage could cost more lives, coroner warns minister
Pressures on community teams found to be factor in death of woman with sacral ulcer
16 Jan 2024
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Fair pay: call for evidence on new separate pay spine for nurses
Nurses’ pay spine could reward experience, says RCN, but others warn of divisiveness
12 Jan 2024
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Funding cut to general practice nurse fellowships ‘makes no sense’
Critics warn that ‘newly registered nurses can’t just go straight into general practice’
12 Jan 2024
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Struck off: the ward manager who claimed band 7 pay rate for working band 5 bank shifts
Seconded manager who also worked shifts at her trust displayed ‘serious dishonesty’ – NMC
08 Jan 2024
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A family business: father and daughter become nurses at same time
Steven and Stevie-Leigh Jewell qualify as mental health nurses within weeks of each other
05 Jan 2024
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Mental health nurses left ‘high and dry’ as calls to helpline double
Calls to NHS 24 Mental Health hub regarding psychotic symptoms rose by 100% in two years
05 Jan 2024
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Letby inquiry: former head of nursing named as core participant
Alison Kelly is one of four former senior managers who will be part of the inquiry
02 Jan 2024
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Nurses need to push ministers further over pay, says RCN’s Pat Cullen
College would back nurses to strike again after making only modest progress last year
02 Jan 2024