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60% of NHS staff 'have worked while unwell'
NHS staff are still putting themselves under pressure to go to work when feeling unable to...
07 Mar 2017
Plans for further 2,000 nursing associates in 2018
Health Education England confirms proposals to train more nursing associates.
06 Mar 2017
Nurses among thousands at Our NHS rally
An estimated quarter of a million people joined a march through the streets of London in...
06 Mar 2017
'Struggling' nurses depending on hardship grants to survive, RCN says...
Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN...
06 Mar 2017
Thousands of nurses leave NHS posts to maintain ‘work-life balance’
Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have...
03 Mar 2017
Hospitals will need to meet conditions before cutting beds, warns NHS England
NHS England is clamping down on the closure of hospital beds.
03 Mar 2017
NHS on 'burning platform' over patient safety, says CQC...
The NHS 'stands on a burning platform' with four out of five trusts needing to improve on...
02 Mar 2017
Nurses join London NHS march
The It's Our NHS event will see people march to a rally at the Houses of Parliament.
02 Mar 2017
'Give EU staff immediate right to remain'
European Union migrants working in the health service should be given an immediate right to...
01 Mar 2017
MPs debate tough action on NHS staff attacks
Assaults on NHS staff in England are on the rise.
28 Feb 2017
Exclusive: CNO pledges to improve image of nursing
England's chief nurse to embark on new project
27 Feb 2017
Birmingham Jobs Fair offers chance to join city’s outstanding children’s hospital
Delegates have opportunity to join organisation that has received an outstanding Care...
27 Feb 2017
Charity tells of supporting nurses struggling financially after cancer diagnosis
More than one in 10 people who sought support from a nurse hardship charity in the past year...
27 Feb 2017
MPs to debate calls for tougher sanctions on those who assault NHS staff
The RCN has backed calls for tougher sanctions on those who assault clinical staff.
27 Feb 2017
Tough penalties proposed for nursing students who cheat
Government proposes new guidance for universities and penalties for students who use essay...
24 Feb 2017
‘Beware risk of replacing nurses with nursing associates’
Leading nurse academic’s warning over new nursing associate role.
23 Feb 2017
More patients being sent for emergency care via non-urgent 111 number
The NHS’s non-emergency line is sending a rising proportion of patients for emergency care,...
22 Feb 2017
Nurses will be 'vital' to success of new plans to reform NHS...
Involving nurses in new controversial plans to reform England's health and care system will...
21 Feb 2017