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Bank nurse could see their NHS pensions dwindle under planned changes at three NHS hospital trusts Picture: iStock

Three trusts want to move bank nurses to an agency, slashing employer pension contributions

02 Jun 2026
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Relocation package would be ‘on a par with the expenses available to resident doctors’ Picture: iStock

RCN also suggests a student loan forgiveness scheme and other strategies to retain new nurses

01 Jun 2026
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s London headquarters: the nursing regulator is under fire from its own watchdog Picture: Barney Newman

Questions asked as report shows regulator failing to meet standards

29 May 2026
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Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were killed in June 2023 Picture: Nottinghamshire Police

Trust has dismissed 11 staff members for inappropriately accessing medical records

28 May 2026
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants Picture: Barney Newman

NMC faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants

27 May 2026
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District nurse Gill Fairclough (left) was fined for using a permit issued a decade ago that was later deemed invalid, seen here with her colleague Stephanie Warman Picture: Gilli Fairclough

Call for healthcare staff exemptions after long-term permits were deemed invalid

26 May 2026
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Nursing students demonstrate outside the RCN’s 2026 annual congress in Liverpool

Students staged protest about lack of entry-level jobs in the NHS 

21 May 2026
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Emergency nurse Stuart Quarterman urges action at RCN congress Picture: RCN

Registrants voice their objection to planned rise in fee to £143 per year

20 May 2026
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Nurse Joseph Ayine spoke out about his experience of fainting on shift after non-stop working when he addressed an audience at the RCN’s 2026 congress in Liverpool on Monday  Picture: RCN

Nurse who collapsed after working all day without a break speaks out 

19 May 2026
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Nicola Ranger at RCN congress

Nicola Ranger says nurses may strike locally against trusts that resist band 5 pay increase

18 May 2026
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Tanya Nasir was struck off by the NMC in 2025  Picture: Dyfed Powys Police

Tanya Nasir fraudulently secured a neonatal unit nurse manager role and was jailed

15 May 2026
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Mental health nurses’ care failures: Mill View Hospital in Brighton

Coroner criticises failures to check patient record before tragedy, the latest at the trust

08 May 2026

Health visitors in south Wales are striking after NHS employer ignored job evaluation appeal 

07 May 2026

He also failed to take observations and record that he had altered the scores

06 May 2026

Around 55,000 staff wear the uniform but this is less than 10% of the intended workforce

05 May 2026

Nurses urged to read small print, as NMC-approved courses are only route to prescribing

04 May 2026

Regulator invites feedback on proposals, but the RCN has concerns about student preparedness

01 May 2026

Community nurses have reduced healing times and saved money in remote monitoring trial

30 Apr 2026

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