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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Winners revealed
The innovation, talent and skill of the UK's nursing profession has been celebrated at...
05 May 2017
Nurses urged to respond to RCN pay poll
RCN stewards have urged eligible members to fill out the college’s survey on pay before 11pm...
05 May 2017
'We must talk about death', say nurses...
Nurses have revealed how their hospitals are improving end of life care services ahead of...
05 May 2017
RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 winners announced tonight
The wait is almost over for nurses across the UK who will tonight find out if they are a...
05 May 2017
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Emergency department nurse wins award for work on sepsis
Drew McDonald's easy-to-use tool to identify sepsis in children gains prestigious RCNi award
04 May 2017
Alcohol specialist nurses key to tackling rising admissions
Alcohol nurse specialist Kerry Lyons helps run a nurse-led alcohol service in Tameside which...
04 May 2017
RCNi receives prestigious media award
Editorial team behind Nursing Standard and nine specialist journals awarded silver in the...
04 May 2017
Nurses awarded Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowships
Ten nurses and allied health professionals have been awarded fellowships to travel abroad...
03 May 2017
Labour pledges to halt emergency department closures and review STPs
Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth promised a review of closures across the...
03 May 2017
Hands-on senior clinicians in A&E ‘could reduce demand’
Report says when consultants are in the emergency department to assess patients, there is...
03 May 2017
Hospital patient phones branded a 'rip off'...
Relatives who call patients in hospital are still being forced to pay 'rip off' charges of...
03 May 2017
RCN calls for politicians to end pay cap as nurses resort to hardship grants
Eight nurses a day seek urgent help to cope with the rising cost of living and one-in-four...
03 May 2017
Prime minister avoids question on nurses using food banks
Theresa May critised by nursing leaders and Labour MPs for failing to explicitly say if it...
02 May 2017
Ward introduces bedside nurse handovers to improve rapport with patients
How one hospital increased the amount of time nursing staff spend with patients.
02 May 2017
England ‘faces shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020’
England could be hit by a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020 and almost half of all nurses...
02 May 2017
Government avoids defeat in vote on nursing bursaries
The government comfortably avoided a symbolic defeat over funding for nursing students in...
28 Apr 2017
More MS nurses could reduce rising A&E admissions
New analysis shows the number of emergency department admissions for people with Multiple...
27 Apr 2017