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Nurses’ mental health and well-being: The Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation Grant offers up to £1,000 for UK nurses to support colleague well-being
Set up in memory of nurse Amin Abdullah, who died by suicide after unfair dismissal in 2016
12 Sep 2025
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Nurses at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde stage a protest in August 2025 for ‘fair and appropriate’ pay banding
Indicative ballot shows ‘overwhelming’ willingness to strike over job description evaluations
11 Sep 2025
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Nurse suspension: Shona Hancock was the former care home manager of Muirhead Care Home in Aberdeenshire
Care home inspection found nurse’s management failures impacted patient safety
09 Sep 2025
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Former RCN Wales director and army officer Tina Donnelly has died after a short illness
08 Sep 2025
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Victoria Taylor, whose body body was recovered from the River Derwent following a major police search
Coroner raises concerns over community services’ failure to support Victoria Taylor
05 Sep 2025
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Pay reform: ‘nurses cannot keep fighting for scraps’; picture recalls 2023 strike action with nurse holding placard stating: 'It's time to pay nursing staff fairly'
Demands for formal pay negotiations to avoid nurses ‘fighting for scraps’
04 Sep 2025
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Arrested and on bail: West Yorkshire police arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of racially aggravated assault of a nurse in a park in Halifax
West Yorkshire police arrest man and woman on suspicion of racially aggravated assault 
02 Sep 2025
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Thousands of NHS nursing staff face delays in receiving pension statements due to a missed deadline for the McCloud remedy, which is addressing age discrimination in the pension scheme
Deadlines to fix age discrimination in the admin of 2015 NHS pension scheme have been missed
01 Sep 2025
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Samuel Acquah, theatre nurse, who died suddenly
Friends and colleagues of Samuel Acquah have spoken of kindness and dedication 
29 Aug 2025
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District nurse shortages: an older woman alone and staring out of a window
Coroners’ reports have cited lack of staff as potentially contributing to patient deaths
28 Aug 2025
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Patient suicide report: coroner's office
Coroner finds patient at high risk of suicide was mistakenly allowed to leave unit unescorted
27 Aug 2025
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Each grant has its own eligibility criteria and they are open to nurses, midwives, nursing associates, maternity assistants, healthcare support workers and students
Nursing staff can now apply for grants for CPD or university studies from the RCN Foundation
26 Aug 2025
Health board has failed to follow nationally agreed job evaluation process, say unions
21 Aug 2025
NHS Shetland is hiring a district nurse or nurse practitioner for a remote island
20 Aug 2025
Coroner warns that future deaths could occur unless care home operator takes action
19 Aug 2025
Catherine Smith altered chart to mislead inspectors, NMC fitness to practise panel finds
18 Aug 2025
Support worker and senior nurse roles will be sacrificed to fund ‘graduate guarantee’ 
15 Aug 2025
Proposed restructure at one trust could lead to the loss of 17 senior nursing posts
14 Aug 2025

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