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Reporting and analysis from across UK nursing
News Workforce
New figures for England show modest overall growth and a changing mix of nursing roles, but the dataset cannot by itself show whether patients have better access or teams have enough capacity.
News Patient safety
England's latest emergency care figures show 2.41 million attendances and 47,438 waits of more than 12 hours after a decision to admit, but the measures describe different parts of a patient's journey.
Explainer Patient safety
England's latest diagnostic return shows a backlog spread unevenly across tests, with implications for nursing assessment, preparation, safety netting and the care that continues while people wait.
The record
Explainer Professional life
The first official UK series records thousands of supply notifications and shows manufacturing as the leading reported cause, but it does not measure affected patients or current local stock.
Explainer Education
Eligible young people who received Bexsero when the temporary programme opened can begin completing the two dose course, making records, recall and symptom advice central to the autumn handover.
News Patient safety
UKHSA recorded about half as many RSV intensive care admissions among infants under six months at the same 20 sentinel trusts, an encouraging result that still requires careful interpretation and stronger uptake.
Reporting that examines evidence, limits and accountability.
Analysis Leadership
England’s workforce data show a long shift in recorded roles, but changing titles and incomplete coverage mean the trend cannot by itself measure clinical leadership.
Analysis Regulation
Advanced practice is a level of autonomous expertise, not a uniform list of tasks, which puts competence and employer governance at the centre of safe role design.
Across nursing
Further reporting from across the archive.
News Workforce
Accounts to the RCN describe staff becoming unwell in temperatures above 30C, while official guidance places prevention and response duties on health and care employers.
News Workforce
Nearly 400 adult social care cases expose large repayment demands, disputed pay and sponsorship risks, but the evidence describes represented workers rather than the whole sector.
News Workforce
The register reached 867,935 people and became more ethnically diverse, but slower growth and more departures complicate the workforce picture.
Explainer Regulation
The UK wide call for evidence tests how a broader criminal offence could protect the public without capturing legitimate established roles.
News Regulation
The planned autumn consultation will test proposed standards for modern practice and changes to how more than 860,000 professionals renew registration.
News Education
The C1.1 high cost rate has fallen to zero for 2026 to 2027, while a distinct nursing, midwifery and allied health supplement remains in cash terms.
Explainer Patient safety
A four nation resource brings data, practical tools and case studies into one place, but UKHSA says users must appraise every item and make sure local action does not deepen inequality.
News Patient safety
The ten year strategy joins health and social care around eight priorities, with care homes included explicitly after lessons from the pandemic.
News Patient safety
The proposed law would create duties around workforce assessment, reporting and action while leaving staffing methods and benchmarks outside fixed statutory ratios.
News Leadership
The consultant supported service checks children before surgery and can refill most slots lost to late cancellation, but its latest measure is not the same as an earlier claim that cancellations fell by 77 per cent.
News Professional life
The regulator has ordered a stop to use and supply while documentation is checked, but has not identified a defect, performance problem, quality issue or safety signal in the products.
Explainer Professional life
England ended June with 2,229 incomplete standard referrals beyond 28 days, while the share completed within that period fell to 67.4 per cent.
