News
Keep up-to-date with the latest nursing headlines. If you know of a news story relevant to nurses that should be covered by RCNi, call 020 8872 3135 or email the newsroom.
Trust offering up to £5k relocation package to tempt nurses away from London
Relocation packages worth up to £5,000 are being offered to nurses in London, in an effort...
06 Jan 2017
Nurses urged to sign 'scrap the cap' pay petition ...
More than 80,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay cap...
05 Jan 2017
Nominations sought for RCN fellowships
Nurses are being encouraged to nominate those who have made an exceptional contribution to...
05 Jan 2017
Trust makes Twitter plea for off-duty nurses to work amid ‘severe’ A&E pressures
A&E pressures prompts one trust’s plea on social media and radio for off-duty nurses to...
04 Jan 2017
Chief nurse’s BME advisory group needs new chair
Opportunity for senior professional to influence chief nursing officer’s work on race...
04 Jan 2017
EXCLUSIVE: surge in number of NHS staff applying to retire
The number of NHS staff applying for retirement has surged by 25% over the past four years,...
04 Jan 2017
Nurses’ achievements recognised in new year’s honours
Leading Mary Seacole statue campaigner and the UK’s only nursing professor of stroke care...
30 Dec 2016
Nurses must work together to make voices heard, urges RCN president
RCN president Cecilia Anim is urging nurses to make their voices heard through petitions,...
30 Dec 2016
From free concerts to £5k tips
Nurses have paid tribute to George Michael for championing the profession – and recalled how...
28 Dec 2016
Nursing leaders’ tribute to ‘hard-working and dedicated’ nurses working over Christmas
Nursing leaders from across the UK have paid tribute to the ‘hard-working and dedicated’...
22 Dec 2016
Nurses making Christmas Day special for patients across the UK
Almost 90,000 nurses will be on Christmas Day duty this year, according to health union...
21 Dec 2016
Nursing voted most honest and ethical profession in US poll
Nurses have been voted the most trustworthy professionals for the fifteenth year in a row in...
21 Dec 2016
Study finds ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes
A study has found a ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.
20 Dec 2016
Deadline looms for RCN mentorship scheme
A pioneering nurse whose recycling project saved £50,000 is urging others to put their ideas...
20 Dec 2016
‘Drastic’ fall in nursing degree applications since bursary cut
Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for...
20 Dec 2016
NHS in England ‘buckling’ under spending controls, think tank warns
The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of funding failing to...
20 Dec 2016
Surprise starring role for NHS nurses' choir in Michael McIntyre Christmas special
A nurses' choir were in for a surprise when they landed a starring role in a festive TV...
19 Dec 2016
Nurses offered free woodland workshops
NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease...
16 Dec 2016