University of Southampton student nurse Mary Bichard (who was born in Jersey) has been recognised with a top honour by the Royal College of Nursing in its 2026 Awards, which celebrate the very best in nursing.
Nurses at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust have voiced serious concerns about patient safety and staff morale following significant cuts to bank pay rates.
The Royal College of Nursing has welcomed the U-turn by Medway NHS FT to scrap changes to staff sick pay after their proposals were called out as “naïve and not thought through.”
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Jersey Nursing Association (JNA) and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) will all lodge a formal dispute with the main nursing employer on Jersey.
