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Tributes pour in for ‘amazing’ children’s nurse after premature death
Neonatal nurse Charlii Siddu led a project that improved flexible working for students
16 Mar 2026
Save our paid breaks! NHS staff begin strike ballot in row over new contracts
Anger as trust claims ending staff’s 20-minutes of paid time out from shift promotes ‘equity’
13 Mar 2026
Chief nurse worked in ED daily for a month to tackle her hospital crisis
Kelly McGovern tells of 28 beds in corridors and how her trust turned the situation around
12 Mar 2026
Nurse-led leg ulcer project cuts waiting lists and speeds up healing
Tissue viability nurse's pilot service at GP surgeries has improved patient outcomes
11 Mar 2026
New NMC investigators to take on sensitive FtP cases
Team will help ensure decisions at earlier stage in complex cases such as Lucy Letby’s
10 Mar 2026
Care home nurse manager faces four-figure fine after resident was burned on radiator
CQC inspectors uncovered inadequate risk assessment training for staff after the incident
09 Mar 2026
Fast 16-month nursing degree apprenticeship given go-ahead
NMC approves course for nursing associates that offers innovative and flexible structure
06 Mar 2026
Patient’s death: hospital fall ‘compounded by neglect’ from nursing and other staff
Prevention of future deaths report says staff failed to assess patient’s falls risk
05 Mar 2026
Beaches, watersports and a £50k salary: Jersey offers nursing associate roles
Job adverts promise enticing pay just a short flight from the NHS
04 Mar 2026
Unwitnessed cardiac arrest: 1-to-1 nurse observations reviewed after death
Inquest reveals absence of one-to-one observation of Chanel Thompson due to lack of staff
03 Mar 2026
Bank pay cuts: nurses fight £70 per shift loss in move to starter-level rate
Staff, some in senior roles, say safety concerns make practice beyond band 5 inevitable
02 Mar 2026
Advanced practice nurses are ‘not substitutes for doctors’
BMA survey raises concerns over ‘unhelpful and inappropriate blurring’ of roles
27 Feb 2026
ICU team in dispute over contract changes face deadline and job loss threat
Nurses say they were banned from working and their pay docked during non-strike action
26 Feb 2026
Nurse suspended over poor handwriting, record-keeping and medicines management
‘Sheer good fortune’ no patients came to harm, says FtP panel
25 Feb 2026
'Please pay us’: nursing students call for paid placements
Students’ union says members face financial pressures that increase chances of dropping out
24 Feb 2026
Rampton Hospital: nurses left alone in high-security wards at night
Nurses covered whole wards alone 200 times in May-November 2025, hospital board papers...
23 Feb 2026
Tributes to dedicated nursing student killed in road accident
Colleagues of Claudia Jaczyk remember a caring student who had a smile for everyone
20 Feb 2026
Disability-related harassment: NHS nursing assistant awarded more than £25,000
Employment tribunal finds comment made by colleague amounted to harassment
19 Feb 2026