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Dear Boris: What readers of Nursing Standard want from new PM
With Boris Johnson about to take office, readers identify nursing issues he must prioritise
24 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
Advice for nurses and employers as UK faces heatwave
RCN says staff must have time to rehydrate and take breaks in warm weather
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
Unpaid overtime and reliance on agency nurses in Wales must stop, RCN says
College briefs government with aim of informing its forthcoming workforce strategy
18 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
What do you want the new prime minister to do for nurses?
We need your views on what actions they should take to benefit the profession
17 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
Health and care services reaching tipping point, RCN warns
Nurses take their concerns over the NHS staffing crisis to parliament
16 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
Fitness to practise cases: proposed changes ‘will benefit patients and nursing staff’
Planned legislation will allow regulator to make process faster and less punitive
09 Jul 2019