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Nurse struck off for lying about qualifications and experience
Tanya Nasir fraudulently obtained a senior neonatal nurse role and had been jailed
12 Jun 2025
‘Don’t wait to be asked to lead,’ senior leaders tell nurses
Leaders from around the world urge nurses to recognise they can drive change in healthcare
11 Jun 2025
NMC principles aim to bring clarity and consistency to advanced nursing
Regulator says term refers to a level of practice rather than a title, role or specialism
10 Jun 2025
New nursing staff consider quitting over lack of jobs or bank shifts
Some survive on benefits as they struggle to find work due to NHS trust recruitment freezes
09 Jun 2025
End of life services should welcome newly qualified nurses and advanced practitioners
Wider career opportunities would improve access to palliative and end of life care
06 Jun 2025
Struck off for exam cheating: the nurse who was caught with forbidden notes twice
Former advanced neonatal nurse practitioner candidate ‘unrepentant’ about his dishonesty
03 Jun 2025
Have your say: nursing staff asked for their views on the government’s 3.6% pay award
RCN says eligible members will be able to vote on the award from 9 June
02 Jun 2025
Advanced practice: which nursing courses are under threat from cuts?
Nurse leaders say changes will affect staff’s ability to develop specialist skills
29 May 2025
Nurse wrongly blamed for child death in ‘culture of cover up’
Raihana Awolaja, who had complex needs, died in 2023 after nursing staff left her unattended
28 May 2025
Nursing associates: ‘we feel invisible and things are getting worse’
Petition calls for recognition and role clarity to ensure future of nursing associate role
27 May 2025
Pay award shows we value nurses, and is just a start: Wes Streeting
Health and social care secretary says ‘undoing years of disregard will be a journey’
23 May 2025
NHS pay: 3.6% award for staff labelled ‘grotesque’ by nursing union
Pay award will be ‘entirely swallowed up by inflation’ and undervalues nursing, says RCN
22 May 2025
Jail for former nurse who fraudulently claimed over £72k for falsely booked bank shifts
Ward manager created 185 overtime shifts using the trust’s booking system
21 May 2025
Where is our NHS nursing pay deal?
Nursing leaders’ warning to health secretary as ministers stay silent on pay offer
20 May 2025
Fitness to practise process: should ‘the NMC itself be struck off’?
Nurses at RCN congress question whether the nursing regulator is fit for purpose
19 May 2025
‘Explosion’ in lecturer redundancies a risk to nursing workforce
Surge in redundancies poses ‘real threat’ to UK’s future nursing workforce – report
16 May 2025
Senior nurse struck off for falsely obtaining and using free hospital parking permit
Karen Horton used permit meant for relatives of end-of-life care patients, NMC panel finds
14 May 2025
£24k payout for constructive unfair dismissal after patient’s paternity claim
A nursing assistant won her tribunal after a mishandled and lengthy suspension
13 May 2025
