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Nursing staff report dangerous ward heat during August heatwave
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.
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RCN casework identifies repayment and pay problems affecting migrant nursing staff
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.
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Government moves to protect the nurse title while weighing exemptions
The UK wide call for evidence tests how a broader criminal offence could protect the public without capturing legitimate established roles.
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OfS removes one nursing course funding rate while retaining a separate supplement
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.
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NMC register reaches a record high as growth roughly halves
The register reached 867,935 people and became more ethnically diverse, but slower growth and more departures complicate the workforce picture.
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Scotland brings care homes into a national infection control strategy
The ten year strategy joins health and social care around eight priorities, with care homes included explicitly after lessons from the pandemic.
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Community matron numbers have fallen as other nursing management roles rise
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.
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What the NMC says advanced practitioners may do and where the limits sit
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.
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NMC prepares first major Code and revalidation review in more than a decade
The planned autumn consultation will test proposed standards for modern practice and changes to how more than 860,000 professionals renew registration.
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Northern Ireland officials set out staffing Bill without fixed ratios
The proposed law would create duties around workforce assessment, reporting and action while leaving staffing methods and benchmarks outside fixed statutory ratios.