Shruti Sheth Trivedi
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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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Both consultations, for the fee increase and changes to FtP rules, have been approved
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The council is also discussing proposed changes to its fitness to practise rules, which they want to consult on as well:
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If the consultation is given the green light, it'll take place over 12 weeks in autumn 2025 - exact dates tbc
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If the plans are approved, any new fee rules will come into force from 1 Oct 2026, the council is told.
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I'm at the @nmcnews extraordinary council meeting where the governing council is discussing whether to launch a public consultation on a proposed increase in registrants' annual fee.
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The NMC has put forward plans to increase the annual registration fee for nursing and midwifery staff. The fee has been frozen at £120 a year since 2015, with the regulator saying the freeze is no longer financially sustainable.
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NEW: Action group @_nmcwatch has called on the NMC for more transparency over nurses' registration fees & how they're spent. It comes after the regulator announced plans to cut 145 jobs + slim down its workforce to make millions in savings. Full story >>
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Nursing and Midwifery Council plans to cut around 150 jobs – over 10% of its workforce – to save nearly £10 million annually and address a £22 million funding gap. Critics, including NMC Watch and
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Over half of vacant NHS b5 nurse posts aren't being advertised, our FOI has found. We look at the factors behind the discrepancy as NRNs still struggle to find jobs. Thanks to @alisonleary1, James Buchan of @HealthFdn + nurses who contributed to this. https://t.co/Iqt4LAFOBi
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The number of band 5 nurse vacancies advertised on the NHS jobs site appear to fall far short of the unfilled posts employers report, and recruitment freezes may be less common than some believe.
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As the 2025-26 NHS flu vaccination programme gets underway, I looked at vax uptake among nurses and other frontline NHS staff - and why uptake rates are at their lowest in 15 years. Full story here >> https://t.co/jEKxA3d3W7
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Each year, the NMC suspends 100s of nurses or imposes conditions on their practice while their fitness to practise is investigated. But are these stop-gap sanctions – necessary to safeguard patients – being used as they should be? @_nmcwatch Read here > https://t.co/svKykuPxWh
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Her rep told the FtP panel she was working amid ‘systematic underfunding and non-investment in an already-declining service’, and the nurse said she was often working an average 55-hour week rather than her contracted 35 hours. https://t.co/yjvHlbdgZe
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A nurse of 30 years has been suspended from the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) register for misconduct after serious management failures at a care home in Aberdeenshire. Working 55-hour weeks amid
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NEW: A nurse who was regularly working a 55-hour week while managing a care home has been suspended from the nursing register after a 2018 inspection found several management failures were impacting patient safety. Full story here >> https://t.co/yjvHlbdgZe
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NEW: I looked at the scale of timesheet fraud in the NHS inc possible contributing factors and action to take if you’re a nurse who suspects a colleague, or has made a genuine mistake yourself. Thanks to the @NHSCFA for contributing to this. Read here >> https://t.co/pw2d1tKuOU
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. @wesstreeting has triggered the NHS pay review process for 2026-27 in bid to secure more timely pay awards for staff on Agenda for Pay contracts. This is the earliest it's happened in years. Full story >> https://t.co/EOyrMCIHaj
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An NHS trust has come under fire for cutting spending on bank registered nurses, while pointing to an option of nurses taking band 3 support worker shifts instead. Thanks to @alisonleary1 for flagging this one. Full story here >> https://t.co/tI5ORYSQR9
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How do you keep cool at work when temperatures rise in the summer? Get tips on how to make summer shifts more comfortable. https://t.co/rBZWbhJAFx
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Sadly nurse lifeline folded at the beginning of this year but for nurse colleagues with suicidal thoughts or those feeling isolated or abandoned there is the @samaritans 116 - 123 24/7/365
NEW: Nursing staff have shared harrowing accounts of suicidal thoughts brought on by intense workplace pressures. I spoke to two nurses who described being driven to suicidal ideation due to poor workplace culture and assaults by patients. Read here >> https://t.co/vZoLG0K50Y
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NEW: Nursing staff have shared harrowing accounts of suicidal thoughts brought on by intense workplace pressures. I spoke to two nurses who described being driven to suicidal ideation due to poor workplace culture and assaults by patients. Read here >> https://t.co/vZoLG0K50Y
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A huge congratulations to all the nursing staff named in the King's birthday honours this year!
Almost two dozen nursing staff from across the UK are among those named in the King's birthday honours list, in recognition of their extraordinary contribution to the profession and health service. Congratulations to all nurses receiving honours.
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