Police assigned to protect NHS staff across London hospitals
A police team has been assigned to protect emergency departments (EDs) across four major...
19 Apr 2017
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Number of nurses given hardship payments rockets at start of 2017
The number of hardship grants handed to struggling nurses have soared in the first three...
18 Apr 2017
‘Fight for our NHS’, urge unions and nurses as PM calls election
Prime minister Theresa May has called a snap general election for 8 June.
18 Apr 2017
University partners with trusts to increase nursing student places fivefold
A university providing self-funding nursing student places that have not been commissioned...
18 Apr 2017
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Have your say in Patient's Choice category...
Time is running out to cast your vote in the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse...
13 Apr 2017
Nurse helps create innovative assessment unit
Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.
13 Apr 2017
RCN poll asks whether members want to strike over pay
RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.
13 Apr 2017
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have not written a will, survey shows
The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less...
12 Apr 2017
Nurse Duffy to take centre stage for special episode of hit show Casualty
BBC One drama Casualty will mark the end of its 30th anniversary series with a unique one-...
12 Apr 2017
Pauline Cafferkey to return to Sierra Leone to seek ‘closure’
Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she...
12 Apr 2017
Remote Scottish island seeks new nurse
Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become...
11 Apr 2017
Patients and nurses join forces on app-review website
Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review...
11 Apr 2017
Job applications soar at hospital trust after TV documentary series
A major London hospital trust which was the subject of a hit TV documentary series has seen...
11 Apr 2017
Nurse at the heart of response to Sweden truck attack
A nurse was one of the first people on the scene of the truck attack in the Swedish capital...
11 Apr 2017
Overseas-trained nurses given extra chance on competency tests
NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and...
11 Apr 2017
Calls from nurses to financial helpline more than double
A charity providing financial assistance to nurses saw large rise in calls in first three...
10 Apr 2017
Government ‘storing up problems’ as mature students shun nursing, RCN warns
Six thousand fewer mature students have applied to study nursing, according to UCAS figures
10 Apr 2017
Nurse reprimanded after failing to perform CPR on care home resident he believed had...
Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard nurse failed to perform CPR on care home resident...
07 Apr 2017