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Nursing staff face months of waiting to hear the results of the national job profile review
Band 4-6 revised profiles will be published after review of all bands is complete
03 Sep 2024
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Band 8 pay point changes give nurses more incentive to move up from band 7
New NHS pay points incentivise staff on band 7 to seek promotion despite loss of overtime pay
02 Sep 2024
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RCN Foundation grant can progress your career and improve patient care
Applications open until 18 October – and you don’t have to be an RCN member to be eligible
27 Aug 2024
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Unions are considering the long-awaited offer before consulting members
21 Aug 2024
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Panel finds nurse lowered NEWS but did not note this alteration or escalate condition
20 Aug 2024
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Employing temporary nurses reduces but does not eliminate higher safety risk
19 Aug 2024
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Nursing students being accepted on to nursing degrees has fallen in the UK as A-level students receive their results
Students need greater grant support to ensure they can afford to eat, says degree leader
15 Aug 2024
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Mary Seacole statue in grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital in London was vandalised
Memorial to nurse who has come to symbolise profession’s diversity is splattered with paint
14 Aug 2024
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RCN is asking nursing staff in an online consultation to say if they approve or disapprove of a pay award of 5.5%; picture shows a finger touching a tick mark on a screen
RCN consultation invites members to say if 5.5% rise is ‘enough of a start on our journey’
08 Aug 2024
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Rioters clashing with police in Manchester. Nurses are being advised on withdrawing treatment from racist or violent patients.
Updated guidance states that staff may withdraw care in certain situations
07 Aug 2024
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Nurse struck off for falsifying timesheets: photo shows a close-up of a fitness-to-practise hearing room door
Denise Balanza falsely claimed pay for ten shifts at the Royal Preston Hospital
06 Aug 2024
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Filipino nurses targeted in Sunderland riots: a man in a mask stands stands next to a police horse as riot police confront protestors in the city centre on Friday
Nurses were going to work at hospital providing emergency cover amid violence, report says
05 Aug 2024
The 13 staff secured the award after job evaluation moved their roles from band 5 to band 6
31 Jul 2024
Final-year children’s nursing students ‘strung along’ after interviews for non-existent jobs
25 Jul 2024
Health board insists pre-employment checks were done, after matron finds CV discrepancies
23 Jul 2024
Recommended pay rise seen as minimum, with RCN to ballot members before accepting any offer
22 Jul 2024
Stark data show thousands leave nursing early which is a tragedy for patient care, says RCN
19 Jul 2024
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16 Jul 2024

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