Mental health nurse is struck off the NMC register over patient’s death
NMC finds Susannah Ajayi unfit to practise – but points to ‘systematic failures’ at trust
08 Aug 2018
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New Zealand nurses accept 12.5% pay offer following one-day strike
Deal includes safe staffing agreement, $2,000 payment and three 3% pay rises for all nurses
08 Aug 2018
Staff shortages are putting nurses under pressure to work while they are sick, says RCN
NHS sickness absence figures are distorted by 'high levels of presenteeism', RCN claims
06 Aug 2018
Survey reveals increased satisfaction with cancer services
National study provides positive feedback on overall care and access to nurse specialists
06 Aug 2018
RCN backs opt-out organ donor system for England but says more specialist nurses needed
Max's Law presumed consent organ donor system wins RCN's support
06 Aug 2018
Trainee nursing associates say they need more learning time
One in four trainee nursing associates find placement pressures harm their learning
03 Aug 2018
Sepsis deaths in English hospitals went up by more than a third in two years
Professor attributes rise in sepsis mortality to antibiotic resistance and greater awareness
03 Aug 2018
EU nurses could face extra NMC fees if there is a hard Brexit
NMC is preparing for a variety of post-Brexit outcomes for nurses who want to come to the UK
03 Aug 2018
NHS pay deal confusion: your questions answered
The 12 biggest questions on the 'misleading' pay deal answered by the RCN
02 Aug 2018
Health Service Safety Investigations Body is vital for patient care, says RCN director
Independent body would also provide safe space for whistleblowers
02 Aug 2018
NHS pay deal: we feel misled by Unison, say member group
Unison faces a call for answers on how NHS pay deal was 'sold' to members
01 Aug 2018
Nursing student to take paid placements petition to parliament
After ‘living wage’ petition secures 350,000 signatures, next goal is parliamentary debate
30 Jul 2018
RCN welcomes decision to allow medicinal cannabis prescribing
Guidance on prescribing, and which conditions it can be used to treat, will follow
27 Jul 2018
Dehydrated nurses in hot weather are a patient safety issue, RCN warns
College says that staff must take breaks and have access to water throughout shifts to avoid...
26 Jul 2018
RCN guidance aims to help nurses protect domestic abuse survivors' ability to vote...
Guidance explains how to attest to an individual's right to electoral roll anonymity
26 Jul 2018
Public ‘want EU nurse recruitment to continue post-Brexit’
Regardless of how they voted in referendum, most people want EU nurses to stay, poll shows
26 Jul 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN general secretary issues extraordinary personal apology
NHS pay deal amounts to less than nurses were promised, says RCN
25 Jul 2018
Number of overseas nurses registering in the UK is going up
NMC credits registration reforms for recent boost to the UK workforce
25 Jul 2018