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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Vote now for Patient's Choice
Voting is now open for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the...
20 Mar 2017
'Take a break', trust tells staff
Campaign encourages staff to take frequent breaks and improve their health and well-being.
20 Mar 2017
Exclusive: Nurses have say on NHS
More than half of nurses (52%) are considering quitting the NHS as work pressures continue...
19 Mar 2017
Female nurses at higher risk of suicide compared to some other occupations
Nurses have an higher risk of suicide according to an analysis by the Office for National...
17 Mar 2017
Pioneering course sees graduates combine research and front-line nursing
A new academic course is hoping to increase nurse-led research, improve front-line practice...
16 Mar 2017
'I don't think nurse pay is enough,' says Jeremy Hunt...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is...
15 Mar 2017
New tool to help nurses develop emergency treatment plans with patients
The RCN has helped create a new tool to aid nurses and other health professionals in...
14 Mar 2017
Support your EU colleagues, urges chief nurse
Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as...
14 Mar 2017
Non-EU worker fee risks adding to staffing crisis, warns RCN
College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.
13 Mar 2017
Life-threatening sepsis must be treated within the hour, says NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is urging hospital staff to treat...
10 Mar 2017
NHS 111 callers to have more access to clinicians
Service alteration aims to ease pressures on wider health service.
10 Mar 2017
Wait for admission to emergency departments at record high
NHS England figures reveal 1,000 people waited over 12 hours to be admitted to emergency...
10 Mar 2017
We must not repeat previous mistakes, says former Mid Staffs trust head
Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at...
10 Mar 2017
Exclusive: EU nurse figures in decline before Brexit vote
The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely...
09 Mar 2017
Three in four people support pay boost for nurses, survey shows
A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat...
09 Mar 2017
Spring budget: reaction
Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to...
08 Mar 2017
Three UK universities in world top ten for nursing
King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing,...
08 Mar 2017