News

Image
Ivy Dixon died from a cardiac arrest when she choked on her food at Acorn Lodge Care Home in London
Prevention of future deaths report finds staff may have lacked clinical skills to save her
01 May 2025
Image
An employment tribunal found Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust failed to make reasonable adjustments at work following senior nurse’s brain haemorrhage
Support from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust delayed or denied on return post-haemorrhage
29 Apr 2025
Image
Holiday pay cuts and parking hikes: nurse paying for parking at meter
Unions criticise ‘double blow’ of proposed pay reduction and 8.5% parking fee increase
28 Apr 2025
Image
Claire Chick was subjected to months of stalking and violence before fatal stabbing
25 Apr 2025
Image
From 1 May, NHS nursing staff in England, including bank workers, can transfer completed statutory and mandatory training between organisations
Change will mean nursing staff no longer have to repeat already completed training
23 Apr 2025
Image
Nurse suspended by NMC: a hand filling in a timesheet
NMC panel hears Julie Deuchars submitted 45 claims for shifts she didn’t work
22 Apr 2025
Image
New measures will support nursing staff from minority ethnic backgrounds with their career progression
Health secretary has accepted non-pay commitments including career reviews and support
16 Apr 2025
Image
Matrons and ward leaders at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sport their new uniforms, led by chief nursing officer Kevin Parker-Evans
Staff say wearing their new uniforms helps identify them with patients and colleagues
15 Apr 2025
Image
Cardiff University has paused plans to close its top nursing school, opting to reduce student intake and cut 286 jobs instead of 400
Revised plans welcomed, but union warns fewer graduates will worsen NHS staff shortages
11 Apr 2025
Image
Nurse struck off NMC register after he misused his power to prescribe
Script from nurse, who worked for a sports nutrition firm, aroused pharmacist’s suspicions
10 Apr 2025
Image
Government dashes hopes among some for a bespoke pay structure for the profession
09 Apr 2025
Image
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
Descriptions should be accurate before updated job matching profiles are published in June
07 Apr 2025
University degree receives positive feedback, supporting study around home/work duties
03 Apr 2025
Government urged to ‘get a grip’ as unions criticise decision not to hold direct pay talks
01 Apr 2025
RCN Foundation invites applications for grants for nursing staff and support workers
28 Mar 2025
Footage shows nurse holding a patient face down and refusing to let them go to the toilet
25 Mar 2025
Coroner says ‘continued learning’ to be undertaken by trust after Zoe Bell’s death
24 Mar 2025

Jobs