A head of nursing school without a nursing or midwifery background?

So The RCN members take a week off work, attend congress and vote that the Union no longer submits evidence to the Pay Review Body as it is not fit for purpose.

RCN council (who also elect the Gen Sec.) overrule this and they submit evidence anyway.

Member led 🤡

#Breathtaking During the pandemic, I followed the daily posts by NursingNotes and Dr Rachel Clarke and every day I was so upset and angry when I read of the medical staff who had died. Tonight’s episode was a poignant reminder of the sacrifices that all hospital medical staff

Jeanette John Duncan Burns (Dogooder human rights advocate) Based on facts sadly.

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Call me skeptical but its nearly election time.

Government takes first steps toward separate pay scale for NHS nurses. NHS nursing staff could see a whole new pay scale and a fresh contract negotiated.
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Nursing staff jailed for drugging patients to ‘keep them quiet’. The pair drugged two patients for an “easy life”.
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Lucy Letby to be finally struck off the nursing register. The nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six other infants.
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Starbucks is handing NHS workers FREE drinks today. Simply show your NHS ID card in-store today for a free tall drink. 
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Essentially 12%.
Imagine the impact that could have had on nursing staff if they had held out.
Instead, Band 2s HCAs are no more than minimum wage now.

Doctors announce festive strike dates after rejecting improved pay deal. Doctors were offered an additional 3% on top of the 9% already awarded.
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Government rejects call to reopen NHS pay talks. The nurse's union remains in formal dispute over pay but is unable to take industrial action.
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RCN demands fresh pay talks after NHS consultant pay offer. The union is also concerned no progress has been made on a separate nursing pay spine.
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Number of nurses contemplating suicide doubles. Persistent understaffing, intolerable pressures at work and financial insecurity at home may be contributing factors.
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RCN demands fresh pay talks after NHS consultant pay offer. The union is also concerned no progress has been made on a separate nursing pay spine.
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Nurses say long Covid should be classed as an ‘occupational disease’. Over 50 countries already provide formal legal recognition for key workers.
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