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Long shifts and a lack of breaks make for an unsafe combination for nurses driving home on the road
RCN and road safety charity express concerns about staff driving home after long shifts
09 Jan 2025
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Ward manager suspended from NMC register after failing to complete bank shifts on her own ward: nurse consults staff rota on calendar
Nurse told investigation she started early and rarely took a lunch break
07 Jan 2025
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Senior nursing job profiles review: two nurses on shift updating a white board in a staff area
NHS Staff Council extends consultation period on review of profiles for senior roles
06 Jan 2025
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New year's honours: compilation image of the nurses named in the King's 2025 list
Outstanding leadership and clinical care represents ‘the very best of the profession’
30 Dec 2024
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The death of Marina Young in Royal Preston Hospital’s emergency department was in part due to failures in nursing care including lack of asthma management. Ms Young had complex needs
Department must address care of those with complex needs facing long waits, says coroner
19 Dec 2024
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham scraps weekly car parking tickets for staff, citing patients missing appointments due to lack of parking
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham cites patients missing appointments as reason for change
18 Dec 2024
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NHS managers proposals: health and social care secretary Wes Streeting holding a red file
Nurses invited to contribute to a consultation on introducing regulation for NHS managers
17 Dec 2024
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Police image of former neonatal nurse and convicted child killer Lucy Letby
Former nurse’s defence team also says it has fresh evidence to contradict trial findings
16 Dec 2024
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Fitness to Practise panels: the Nursing and Midwifery Council has struck off over 1,000 professionals in the past five years. A nurse sits in front of a panel hearing
With a 14% rise in concerns raised this year, the regulator lists most frequent complaints
12 Dec 2024
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2.8% NHS nurse pay offer branded as deeply offensive by nursing leaders: nurses strike for fair pay
Government says rise of over 2.8% would be difficult in its NHS Pay Review Body evidence 
11 Dec 2024
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Nurses with long-COVID: a woman clutches her chest due to shortness of breath, a common symptom of long-COVID
Survey reveals lack of support, with inadequate safeguarding of staff well-being
05 Dec 2024
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Fitness to practise panel heard how a practice nurse mistakenly administered the anti-inflammatory Depo-Medrone (left) instead of the contraceptive Depo-Provera jab (right) to two patients.
Nurse showed ‘admirable level of developing insight into her actions’, FtP hearing finds
04 Dec 2024
A mental health patient died following improper administration of an anti-psychotic drug
03 Dec 2024
Burnout blamed for ‘devastating’ surge in newly registered nurses leaving NMC register
02 Dec 2024
Anthony Omo, short-term adviser to the regulator, made his comments at a NMC members’ meeting
28 Nov 2024
1 million NHS staff won’t receive April pay rises if government waits for pay review report
26 Nov 2024
Nurses say they are due thousands of pounds after employer’s failure to honour role review
21 Nov 2024
NMC fitness to practise panel heard Rose Stark’s supervisor denied signatures were hers
20 Nov 2024

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