News
All the latest on current nursing issues, including employment matters, health and safety in the workplace, public health policy and clinical skills, as well as updates on the work of the ñ.
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                        1 Sep 2025
                        ñ Awards 2026: nominate your exceptional nursing colleagues
Our 2026 awards will have a dedicated event for the first time, rather than being held at ñ Congress
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                        29 Aug 2025
                        ñ student members meet Deputy CNO to help shape professional strategy
Student nurses made their voices heard on the issues affecting students and newly registered nurses, including financial pressures and the challenge of balancing placement hours
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                        28 Aug 2025
                        Nurses to lead new genomic services, Westminster government announces
Putting nurses at heart of DNA testing and research reflects the skill and expertise of the nursing profession
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                        26 Aug 2025
                        Corridor care investigation launches following ñ campaign
Official investigators will consult with staff, patients and families about their experiences of “temporary care environments”
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                        22 Aug 2025
                        Every ICB must retain nursing expertise, ñ says
An ñ report raises the alarm on the Westminster government’s rapid reforms to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)
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                        12 Aug 2025
                        Violence against nursing staff: government must tackle NHS pressures
Punching, spitting and acid attack threats are just some of the behaviours staff in emergency departments are exposed to, the ñ says
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                        11 Aug 2025
                        Graduate nurse jobs: government measures announced in England
Westminster government works with the ñ to help newly registered nurses seeking NHS employment
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                        8 Aug 2025
                        Level 7 apprenticeships funding continued following ñ action
The move is a win for the ñ after repeatedly raising concerns about the ‘damaging’ decision to remove funding back in May
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                        1 Aug 2025
                        ñ Northern Ireland lodges formal dispute over failure to implement pay award
Absence of a pay award in Northern Ireland will once again push nursing staff out of pay parity with colleagues across the UK
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                        31 Jul 2025
                        NHS and HSC pay consultations results: 3.6% is not enough
Swift investment is needed now as ñ members deliver their verdict on a broken system that holds back nursing pay and careers