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Online nursing degrees: the government’s plan for solving the workforce crisis
RCN says NHS Long Term Plan falls short of solving nurse shortage
07 Jan 2019
Can you help identify ‘Nurse Brown from Jamaica’?
Mystery Windrush-generation nurse among the ‘unsung heroes’ featured in exhibition
07 Jan 2019
Don’t be pressured to leave the NHS pension scheme, warns RCN
College says more must be done to market the scheme’s benefits to nurses
03 Jan 2019
RCNi Nurse Awards: BME nurses to be offered free support to enter
Leadership coach will host event for nurses thinking of putting their names forward
02 Jan 2019
‘Thank you to all our members who worked over the Christmas break’
New and outgoing RCN presidents struck by patients’ appreciation of nurses during ward visits
31 Dec 2018
Humble and proud: nurses on New Year honours
This year’s New Year honours list includes 27 members of the nursing profession
28 Dec 2018
Nearly half of NHS trusts surveyed in England have increased their car parking charges
RCN says the goodwill of staff will not last forever
27 Dec 2018
Nearly a third of NHS staff fear violence against them, survey finds
One respondent talks of ‘dealing with the chaos when end-of-year festivities get out of hand’
21 Dec 2018
Flu vaccine: NHS trusts remain silent on how they manage staff who refuse it
NHS Improvement advised redeployment to ensure patient safety in ‘higher-risk’ departments
14 Dec 2018
NHS strategy targets diversity at senior manager level
Action plan says organisations should set targets for BME representation in leadership roles
14 Dec 2018
Nursing and workforce spending to go up in Scotland
Scottish Government announces budget increase – but warns of challenges to come
14 Dec 2018
Hospitals already at full capacity as winter sets in, RCN warns
Figures reveal hospital bed shortage even before severe winter temperatures set in, RCN says
13 Dec 2018
Study aims to tell ‘real story of nursing’
Research will cover gender, working conditions and what attracts people to nursing
13 Dec 2018
RCN council elections: college announces winning candidates
Twelve positions around the UK were contested
12 Dec 2018
‘We’ll get this’ – trust’s promise to EU nurses facing a bill after Brexit
What Oxford University Hospitals is prepared to do to keep its EU staff
12 Dec 2018
Doctors’ use of phrase ‘acting down’ offends nurses
Medical staff in survey were describing when they undertook nursing tasks
11 Dec 2018
Ruth May is named chief nursing officer for England
She will take her place on the newly formed NHS Executive Group
11 Dec 2018
Scottish government offers to reimburse settled status fees to EU nurses after Brexit
Supply of nursing staff from the European Union is a critical issue for Scotland – Sturgeon
10 Dec 2018