Nursing Standard

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Health secretary has accepted non-pay commitments made in 2023-24 pay deal, including career reviews and support for nurses from minority ethnic backgroundsNursing staff from minority ethnic backgrounds in England are to receive targeted career support as part of non-pay-related commitments made two years ago. The NHS Staff Council confirmed that health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has accepted, by letter, 36 out of 37 joint recommendations made as part of the pay deal in 2023-24.

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Senior nursing staff at a trust are wearing the new NHS uniform for England, following patient feedback on having clearer uniforms to identify different staffSenior nursing staff working at a trust in Greater Manchester have recently adopted the new national NHS uniform for England in a bid to give matrons and ward leaders clearer leadership status.

1 week ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Cardiff University pauses plans to close its nursing school and instead proposes a reduced nursing student intake, while union warns fewer graduates will worsen NHS staff shortages in WalesPlans to close one of the UK’s top nursing schools have been halted as an ‘alternative plan’ that could include taking on fewer students is considered.

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Nurse prescriber aroused pharmacist’s suspicions after trying to obtain a large quantity of testosterone replacement drugA nurse was struck off after illegally attempting to obtain a large quantity of a testosterone replacement drug to use at a sports nutrition clinic. Prescriber Aaron Carnahan ordered 50 times the usual maximum monthly dosage of Sustanon (testosterone isocaproate) for one person, without the required Home Office licence, in February 2023.

2 weeks ago | rcni.com | Shruti Sheth Trivedi

The Department of Health and Social Care has rejected calls from many in nursing for a new pay spine to be designed solely for nursing staff employed in the NHSA separate pay spine for nursing staff will not be taken forward, the government has announcedThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said feedback from a consultation on the issue set up by the previous government did not persuade it that fragmenting the Agenda for Change structure would be a good idea.