Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Expert advice
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A better pay rise means Scottish nursing is leaving its English colleagues behind
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Nurses could be struck off or even face criminal charges for administering medicines wrongly
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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has negotiated an impressive pay deal
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Most leave voters want the UK to continue recruiting EU nurses, but how will that work?
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Patient safety and confidentiality may be under threat in the increasingly digital workplace
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EU nurses in the UK need to know what their post-Brexit status will be
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The more Scotland goes its own way on pay, the more it will have to handle its own processes
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Although the UK does not have a Good Samaritan law, nurses have a duty to help
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The prime minister may laud the benefits of IT, but the NHS has more pressing needs
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Revised standards change time limits on nurses taking courses
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With the current focus on data protection, the answer may surprise you
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Timing is all in politics, says James Buchan
Since the mid-1980s, the Pay Review Body has been fairly successful in keeping nurse pay on an even keel, but it’s clear the system now needs fixing, says workforce expert James Buchan
With ‘self-sufficiency’ in NHS staffing yet to materialise, the UK relies on skilled workers from abroad to maintain viable services
The Nursing and Midwifery Council requires nurses and midwives to report any convictions or cautions they receive, but do parking fines and other fixed-penalty motoring offences fall within this category?
There is no immediate likelihood of the UK achieving self-sufficiency in nursing, while the approach to international nurses has become incoherent
An increasing number of medication incidents are due to calculation errors, and while numeracy tests may seem yet another hoop to jump through they are to help protect patient safety and your registration, and will likely become more common
Healthcare professionals used to be able to claim exemption from jury service, but it is now seen as a civic responsibility shared by everyone. Even if you ask to be excused, your jury service would likely be deferred rather than an exemption being given
