Run, walk, swim or bake for nurse hardship fundraising campaign
Cavell Nurses’ Trust’s #10KForNurses challenge will help support colleagues in need
05 Aug 2019
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RCN Northern Ireland to ballot members on industrial action over pay and staffing
College cites 2,600 unfilled nursing posts and 15% fall in pay over past eight years
30 Jul 2019
From TV nurse to ED nurse: my real-life role swap
Emergency department has all the excitement of former career, says Casualty actor
29 Jul 2019
Prevent emergency admissions from care homes with dedicated primary care teams, says RCN
Around one in 12 emergency admissions to hospital is for a person living in a care home
26 Jul 2019
Nurse well-being at work survey: we want your views
Let us know what you think about breaks, staffing and work-related stress
26 Jul 2019
Disproportionate number of black African nurses face fitness to practise process
Questions over why NMC sees so many referrals that require no further action
25 Jul 2019
NHS reliant on unpaid overtime and goodwill of staff, review body says
Pay Review Body says staff will struggle to cope unless changes are made
23 Jul 2019
Public health green paper published, but ‘buried’, says RCN
Plans include steps to tackle smoking, obesity and mental health issues
23 Jul 2019
Sepsis: hospital admissions in England have more than doubled in three years
Commentators say figure could be due to rise in awareness of the condition
22 Jul 2019
NMC revalidation data highlights diversity among NHS nurses and midwives
More than one third of nurses in the care home sector were trained outside the UK
18 Jul 2019
Singing children’s nurse moves viewers to tears in Great Ormond Street video
Patient's mother praises nurse Beth Porch as hundreds respond to moving clip on Twitter
17 Jul 2019
Ambulance service appoints nurse ambassadors to promote profession to the public
North West Ambulance Service nurses will support colleagues’ career development too
16 Jul 2019
Disinfectant fails to remove superbugs from hospital surgical gowns, study finds
Researchers find Clostridium difficile spores and advise robust infection control
15 Jul 2019
Working nights: why nurses in London deserve a better deal on public transport
Campaign calls for nurses’ out-of-hours commutes to be quicker, cheaper and safer
12 Jul 2019
Number of nursing student applications from England must rise faster, RCN says
New data show an increase of only 4% since last year – and a fall of 29% since 2016
12 Jul 2019
'Undercover nurses' honoured in NHS Parliamentary Awards ...
West Herts safeguarding team help potential victims of sex trafficking
10 Jul 2019
Petition aims to secure Nobel peace prize for two leprosy nurses
Austrian nurses devoted 40 years to caring for an ostracised community in South Korea
10 Jul 2019
Successful nurse retention scheme now rolled out to whole of NHS in England
RCN says ‘investing in the workforce reaps dividends’
10 Jul 2019