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NHS Trusts in England have spent a total of €3.2 billion on agency staff between 2020 and 2022, according to findings from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request analysed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Universities in London have launched a campaign to encourage young people to start nursing degrees. Find out more about #StudyNursingLondon.

Read about new retention schemes across England aimed at keeping nursing staff on the "brink" of leaving in their jobs.

Read the latest UCAS statistics which show an overall decrease in the number of people joining nursing courses for the 2023 academic year.

Plans to make better use of pharmacies, improve access to primary care and maximise the contribution of pharmacy professionals set out in new consultation

The number of students accepted onto undergraduate nursing programmes across the UK is down 10.5% in a year, latest data shows.

Funding will be directed towards an AI upgrade

The Governments commitment to recruiting an additional 50,000 nurses has been achieved six months ahead of schedule, earning praise from Guy…

The government’s plan to stop overseas care workers bringing dependants to the UK is a ‘cruel sanction’ that will add to ‘dire workforce shortages’.

Read about resistance to new Home Office immigration rules including a move to prevent overseas care workers from bringing family to the UK.