Shruti Sheth Trivedi

High Wycombe

Senior journalist @NurseStandard | Prev @HSJNews, @bucksfreepress | Got a story? Email [email protected] or DM 📩 | Also a dancer and new(ish) mum | She/Her

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New nursing job profiles published – but will better pay follow?

3 days ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Updated nursing job profiles have been designed to reflect skills, education and responsibilities now required in nursing, as union calls for pay updates tooUpdated nursing role profiles for Agenda for Change bands 4-9 that aim to reflect how skills, education and practice have evolved have been published.
Nurse struck off for cheating twice in master’s exams

4 days ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurse caught cheating twice in pharmacology and prescribing exams for master’s degree was ‘unrepentent’ and failed to reflect on dishonest conduct, FtP panel foundA nurse who was twice caught cheating in exams has been struck off. Mohammed Khan, a nurse of 20 years, was undertaking the MSc advanced neonatal nurse practitioner programme at the University of Southampton.
NHS pay: how nursing staff can have their say on 3.6% award

5 days ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

RCN says 3.6% pay award ignores inflation, demands pay reform to boost NHS staff retention and urges eligible union members to vote on offer from 9 JuneNursing staff are being asked to have their say on a 3.6% pay rise for 2025-2026. It was announced on 22 May that ministers had accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s (RB) recommendations for nursing and other healthcare staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) contracts in England and Wales.
‘We feel invisible’: nursing associates call for better role clarity

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Petition calling for better recognition, role clarity and career pathways to ensure the future of the nursing associate role has amassed thousands of signaturesA petition calling for better recognition and role clarity for nursing associates has amassed thousands of signatures. Nursing associate (NA) Martyn Davey, who launched the petition, told Nursing Standard those in the role need more support and better career progression opportunities to ensure their future in the profession.
NHS pay: 3.6% award for nursing staff labelled ‘grotesque’

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

RCN criticises pay award and says it would be ‘entirely swallowed up by inflation’ and is wrong to again favour doctors for higher wage risesNursing and other healthcare staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) contracts in England and Wales have been awarded a 3.6% pay rise for 2025-2026. Ministers said they had accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s (RB) recommendations, which will see the starting salary of a band 5 nurse go up from £29,969 in 2024-2025 to around £31,050 this year.
Jailed nurse defrauded NHS trust of £72k with false bank shifts

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Former mental health nurse Dean Armitage has been jailed for 18 months after falsely claiming he worked 185 bank shifts at a trust in Greater ManchesterA former mental health nurse who defrauded the NHS out of more than £72,000 has been jailed. Dean Armitage falsely claimed he had worked 185 bank shifts over almost 18 months, for which he was paid a total of £72,632.72 in wages and holiday pay.
Where is our NHS nursing pay deal?

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland still await a pay offer, more than a month into a new financial year – leaving them lagging behind ScotlandThere are fresh calls to scrap the NHS Pay Review Body (RB) as nursing and other healthcare staff in England continue to wait for a pay announcement. Health unions want ministers to enter into direct pay talks after NHS staff in Scotland voted to accept an 8% pay rise over two years following direct negotiations.
Fitness to practise process: should ‘NMC itself be struck off’?

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurses at RCN congress question whether nursing regulator is fit for purpose, highlighting an unfair, ineffective and slow fitness to practise processNursing staff who shared their experiences of going through the fitness to practise (FtP) process have questioned whether the nursing regulator is ‘fit for purpose’.
‘Explosion’ in lecturer redundancies a risk to nursing workforce

3 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Surge in redundancies for nursing lecturer roles in England – up more than 1000% since 2020 – poses a ‘real threat’ to the future nursing pipeline, RCN report warnsA ‘worrying explosion’ in nursing lecturer redundancies could threaten the country’s future nursing pipeline, a new report has warned.
NHS pensions: the 2025 changes nurses need to know about

3 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi |Kelly Cooke-Mwangeka

We review the updates to the NHS Pension Scheme in England that came into effect on 1 April 2025, and how they affect nursing staff. Find out how much the pay thresholds for nurses have increased this year, in line with the consumer price index, what staff members’ new pension contribution rates are according to salary range, and how regulation changes will affect part-time staff, as well as how other changes to the pension scheme have been implemented in recent years.