NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.

16 Dec 2016

Pressures on hospital beds is so severe that the equivalent of seven extra hospitals had to be opened on the busiest day last winter, according to a new analysis by the Nuffield Trust.

16 Dec 2016

A student has realised her childhood dream of becoming a nurse thanks to a donor-funded scholarship scheme.

15 Dec 2016
Nationals from the European Union (EU) living in the UK should be given the right to permanent residence, urges the report of an independent think-tank published this week.
15 Dec 2016

A mother who beat breast cancer twice and set up a charity to help others in a similar position has graduated as a midwife.

15 Dec 2016

Smoking among adults is continuing to fall but obesity and alcohol consumption is still at ‘worrying’ levels according to the Health Survey for England.

14 Dec 2016

A poster exploring how children’s nursing students are supported during community placements has won a prize.

14 Dec 2016
Former nursing leader Dame Sheila Quinn, who worked tirelessly to promote the profession, has died at the age of 96.
14 Dec 2016
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016

Average care home prices in England have jumped by almost a quarter in a year despite declining quality, according to a new analysis.

06 Dec 2016
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016

Health professionals, including nurses, are being urged to help tackle sepsis.

25 Nov 2016
Nurses are being deterred from working in pressured emergency departments (EDs) because of the associated stress, MPs have warned.
24 Nov 2016

The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workforce crisis after chancellor Philip Hammond failed to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap in his autumn statement.

23 Nov 2016

An independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is looking to nurses for support in bringing forward survivors.

23 Nov 2016

The battle for gender equality has become ‘even more determined and stubborn’ in the wake of the US presidential election result, the RCN International Centenary Conference heard.

23 Nov 2016

Fathers are being left out of involvement in their children’s healthcare with potentially devastating consequences, international nursing experts will hear today.

23 Nov 2016

A record number of front-line NHS staff including nurses have received flu vaccinations this year.

22 Nov 2016