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‘Big Ideas’ awards offer bursaries for innovation in care

Awards of up to £3,000 open to healthcare professionals working on projects that benefit...

Pay more tax or expect less from the NHS

Public will accept tax rises for NHS if their money is not wasted, says Jeremy Hunt 

Scotland publishes new safe staffing bill

No minimum staffing ratio, but care providers must use workload and workforce planning tools

Flu jab: nurses lag behind doctors in uptake of seasonal vaccine

Healthcare workers at elevated risk of contracting flu

Chief nurse Jane Cummings to step down

England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings to step down after more than six years

Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes new proficiency standards

NMC describes standards, to be implemented by 2020, as ‘ambitious’ despite some criticism

Outrage at plan to sell NHS building that offers London nurses affordable housing

Queen Mary's House in upmarket Hampstead, London, currently houses 52 mainly NHS staff...

How paramedic slashed frequent caller ED attendance with coffee and a chat

Intervention that had remarkable success in Blackpool now being adopted elsewhere

NHS pay – government needs to go further, says Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester NHS is an example for the rest of the country, says ex-Labour health...

Social care needs NHS-style funding model, urges RCN activist

Let’s look back to start of NHS and do the same for social care, nurse tell congress

Nurses worldwide need better pay to make profession more attractive – ICN

Governments are failing to use nurse pay and conditions as a lever of workforce expansion

Caution urged over wider use of bodycams

Body cameras can protect nurses, but may undermine patient dignity, RCN congress hears

What role for retired nurses in the RCN?

An RCN league of retired nurses could ensure their knowledge is not lost

Congress calls for referendum on final Brexit deal

RCN resists congress call to lobby for final Brexit referendum until it consults membership

Don't mistake ‘safe’ for therapeutic staffing, congress tells RCN

Therapeutic relationships need more than just safe staffing, mental health nurse warns

Prison nurses say epidemic of 'zombie drug' Spice is threatening their health...

RCN calls for action to protect prison nurses exposed to psychoactive smoke

‘My boss made me move bay because of a patient’s racist abuse’

Congress gasps as Kenyan nurse recalls how abusive patient questioned her ability

Congress rejects call for strategy on recruiting men

Speakers say they would rather promote nursing to everyone, regardless of gender

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