Peter Griffiths calls for 'concrete' arguments to be made.

17 Jul 2017

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has been branded ‘out of touch’ and ‘insulting’ by nursing unions amid claims he said public-sector workers are overpaid during a cabinet meeting.

17 Jul 2017

A further trust has added its voice to calls to rethink the language tests required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for overseas nurses to work in the UK.

14 Jul 2017

House of Lords to debate the public sector pay cap, as cross-party group calls for government rethink on ‘detrimental’ policy.

13 Jul 2017

Having more managers at NHS trusts has been linked with better performance.

12 Jul 2017

Up to 10,000 lives could be saved a year if the current ‘safe level’ for air pollution is tightened, research has found.

12 Jul 2017

Failure to deliver on promised funding is ‘disgusting’, Norman Lamb said.

 

11 Jul 2017

In June the Liverpool-based trust was awarded a second gold award from the industry standards body Investors in People.

10 Jul 2017

Patients and visitors at two hospitals in Merseyside have been benefitting from a direct 'hotline' to a matron.

10 Jul 2017
RCN warning after government insists pay cap will stay
07 Jul 2017

Chief secretary to the treasury says retaining 1% public sector pay cap is the ‘responsible thing to do’ to balance recruitment with sustainability.

06 Jul 2017

A group of nurses have delivered a six foot tree with fake £50 notes to health secretary Jeremy Hunt.

05 Jul 2017

In less than 24 hours, thousands of members responded to the RCN appeal to rally support for a Labour Party amendment to scrap the pay cap

05 Jul 2017

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been asked how the government can afford a £1 billion deal with the Democratic Unionist Party, but not to boost nurse wages in England.

04 Jul 2017

Nursing Standard publisher RCNi is looking for a new chair to provide the board with clear leadership.

04 Jul 2017

A nurse has been praised for accompanying police officers to a road traffic collision when paramedics were unavailable.

04 Jul 2017

A nurse who helped treat people in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has spoken of her daily struggle to pay bills.

04 Jul 2017

The RCN’s summer of protest is set to continue amid mounting pressure on the government to lift the public sector pay cap.

03 Jul 2017