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Decade of pay cuts cause nurse salaries to fall

New research reveals nurses’ salary has fallen 20% in real term pay cuts since 2012

NHS launches recruitment drive amid record staff vacancies

The NHS has launched its annual nationwide drive to recruit more nurses, with tens of thousands of vacancies across England

Barclay reappointed as Health Secretary

Steve Barclay has replaced Therese Coffey as Health and Social Care Secretary, as part of new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first reshuffle

NHS nurse opts out of pension to make ends meet

Data from the NHS Business Services Authority reveals that 11,937 nurses have opted out of their pension schemes since April last year

Respiratory infections to place the greatest stress on the NHS this winter

Respiratory infections are set to cause the most significant pressures this winter on NHS capacity, health leaders have warned

'This farce cannot go on’: nursing unions call for a general election as PM resigns

Leaders of the RCN and of Unison have called for a general election as the UK heads for its third Prime Minister in a year

Government approach to public health poses ‘massive risk’, warn leading think tanks

The warning comes in the wake of reports that Health Secretary Therese Coffey is planning to scrap measures to curb obesity such as the sugar tax, and ditching of the tobacco control plan and the...

The end of cigarettes, and the rise of vaping – a whole new problem?

The nation's nicotine consumption habits are changing: should we worry about what comes next

Decaffeinated Coffey needs more ambition

How will the new Health Secretary confront the NHS's very immediate problems?

No sign of improved pay offer for nurses in Scotland

Nurses have not been offered the ‘significantly improved’ pay offer promised by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in Scotland Humza Yousaf, the RCN has said

Health leaders urge people to get jabbed ahead of winter

Health leaders are warning of a ‘twindemic’ of flu and COVID this winter and are urging people to book jabs for both if you are eligible

Making sense of a therapeutics randomised controlled trial

David Morris explains how nurses can use research papers to improve their practice

RCN launches investigation into its culture

The independent review into the culture of the RCN, first commissioned in summer 2021, follows a report by KPMG on the governance of the College published in May this year

Problems in the social care system 'absolutely immense'

There are 165,000 vacancies in social care, meaning over 50% of people with dementia aren't receiving the care they need

Urinary tract infections in children: A guide for primary care nurses

Margaret Perry explains what nurses need to know when children present with this common condition

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