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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
Not good enough: RCN’s verdict on pay offer to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland
College consults members on what they want to do now
07 Dec 2018
RCN poll reveals concern that lack of nurses compromises patient safety
Survey of UK public also finds more than half demand more funding for nursing students
07 Dec 2018
Nursing apprenticeships: MPs move to inject momentum into stalling programme
Cross-party group wants a more flexible approach to funding and supernumerary status
06 Dec 2018
Hospital parking: trust offers staff incentives to leave their cars at home
Nurses at the Royal Victoria in Belfast face calls to commute by public transport
05 Dec 2018
Nurse-led community-acquired pneumonia screening halves hospital mortality
Acute medical admissions model should be used to ease NHS winter pressures, say researchers
05 Dec 2018