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Government dashes hopes among some for a bespoke pay structure for the profession
09 Apr 2025
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fter months of pressure from health unions, nurses in Scotland have been offered an 8% pay rise over two years
Nursing staff to get 8% pay rise over two years, ensuring top UK pay says health secretary
08 Apr 2025
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NHS Staff Council review found that many nursing job descriptions did not accurately detail roles and responsibilities
Descriptions should be accurate before updated job matching profiles are published in June
07 Apr 2025
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Swansea University’s nursing degree makes room for work and caring commitments
University degree receives positive feedback, supporting study around home/work duties
03 Apr 2025
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Nurses have expressed frustration over ongoing delays in their annual pay offer as unions accuse the government of failing to deliver the 2025-2026 award on time
Government urged to ‘get a grip’ as unions criticise decision not to hold direct pay talks
01 Apr 2025
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Education grants: a healthcare support worker practises phlebotomy
RCN Foundation invites applications for grants for nursing staff and support workers
28 Mar 2025
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Bodycam footage has shown a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital being ‘forceful and aggressive’ in her tone and approach to a patient
Footage shows nurse holding a patient face down and refusing to let them go to the toilet
25 Mar 2025
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Nursing student Zoe Bell died at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, from a rare and complex lung infection, including sepsis, pneumonia and influenza
Coroner says ‘continued learning’ to be undertaken by trust after Zoe Bell’s death
24 Mar 2025
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Nursing student loan forgiveness: young woman checks her finances using her laptop and calculator
Student loan forgiveness would make nursing a more attractive and viable career, report says
21 Mar 2025
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Risk assessment and falls: in October 2023 an inpatient at St David's Hospital in Cardiff, fell from his bed and experienced a fatal brain bleed
Coroner says evidence suggests staff lacked confidence in use of falls risk assessments
19 Mar 2025
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Nurse suspension: a band 5 nurse has been suspended for 12 months following a number of incidents during night shifts at Queen Alexandra Hospital neonatal unit
Emelyn Enad also left infant unsupervised and administered incorrect breast milk, panel told
18 Mar 2025
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Acute response team nurse supports ward-based colleague in ICU
Team of band 6-8a nurses set up after coroner criticised hospital over student’s sepsis death
14 Mar 2025
Four NHS trusts to set bank pay at lowest point in AfC bands due to financial challenges
11 Mar 2025
Care home trial saw some staff drop from 20 cups a day to none, with well-being benefits
07 Mar 2025
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06 Mar 2025
Diabetes specialist nurse’s concern over doses given after meals highlighted by coroner
05 Mar 2025
Nurse alleged bullying by co-worker and tribunal found trust ‘failed to take adequate action’
04 Mar 2025
Plain clothes infection prevention nurses assess if standards comply with WHO guidelines
27 Feb 2025

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