Mind chief executive Paul Farmer said local suicide prevention plans will only succeed if stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, engage with them.

25 Jan 2017
A nurse academic with a family experience of suicide has called for all nurses to undergo awareness training.
18 Jan 2017

Health Education England may consider a ‘bridging role’ that combines nursing and therapy.

12 Jan 2017

The Unite union opposed plans to cut posts

12 Jan 2017

Pilot scheme by charity Age UK is helping nurses identify lonely older people and refer them for support

11 Jan 2017

The University of Plymouth is to open its third nursing teaching site in a bid to cut down travel times for students.

11 Jan 2017

Delayed discharge from mental health and learning disability trusts in England up 56% 

09 Jan 2017

British charity’s chief executive renews warning about crisis in the UK’s hospital and ambulance services, after prime minister Theresa May rejects the description

06 Jan 2017

Bill Douglas tracked down retired ward sister Margaret Ancell to thank her for saving his life when he was a baby

06 Jan 2017

Research by the charity Hospice UK reveals that less than a fifth of hospice care for adults is delivered in inpatient units

28 Nov 2016

A plan for cancer services in Wales calls for palliative care training for nurses and improved access to clinical nurse specialists.

28 Nov 2016

Nurse-led service at Wirral cancer centre frees up bays for patients requiring more complex treatment

23 Nov 2016
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is making cuts from its health visitor workforce because it will receive less money to provide public health services in the next four years.
22 Nov 2016

Nurse Norman Todd’s years of studying and training have led to role as health and safety advisor for oil and gas company

17 Nov 2016
Sian Thomas won the prestigious RCN Wales nurse of the year award for ensuring a child with complex needs could be educated in a mainstream school.
17 Nov 2016
Mind chief executive Paul Farmer said the government and the Welsh Assembly should ban the use of police cells as places of safety for people in mental health crisis.
16 Nov 2016

Applications to join the NMC register from nurses and midwives outside Europe more than treble in two years.

02 Nov 2016
The number of nurses and midwives being referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council has risen for the third year running, according to the regulator’s annual review.
01 Nov 2016