Nurses should not be replaced by less qualified staff, says ICN
International Council of Nurses warns that use of under-qualified staff can affect patient...
17 Aug 2018
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RCN, unions and Scottish Government agree pay increase of at least 9% for nurses
Deal leaves nurses in Scotland ‘significantly better paid’ than those elsewhere in the UK
17 Aug 2018
No sign of £10,000 ‘golden hello’ promised for some postgraduate nursing students
RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’
17 Aug 2018
Nursing student numbers in England fall for second year
Reform of nurse student funding appears to be failing to boost staff and student numbers
16 Aug 2018
Learning disability care risks a return to 'bleak Victorian image', RCN warns
There are 2,000 fewer learning disability nurses than eight years ago
14 Aug 2018
Bawa-Garba case: NMC has no plans to review FtP of nurse who was struck off
Bank nurse Isabel Amaro was struck off after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
14 Aug 2018
RCN announces candidates for president and deputy president
Postal ballot will run from 11 October to 14 November
13 Aug 2018
Government sticks to its nursing associates target figure, despite low uptake
Nursing associate apprenticeships are almost 1,500 below projected numbers
10 Aug 2018
NMC lifts restriction on Christian nurse dismissed after discussing faith with patients
Nurse Sarah Kuteh accepts she 'went too far' by giving a patient her Bible, spokesperson said
10 Aug 2018
Agency staff stats reveal ‘unsustainable’ shortage in the NHS, says RCN
Figures ‘expose the untenable short-staffing crisis across the NHS’
10 Aug 2018
Revalidation: sharp rise in NMC registrants failing to meet CPD requirements
Nurses and midwives report lack of time for continuing professional development
09 Aug 2018
Mental health nurse is struck off the NMC register over patient’s death
NMC finds Susannah Ajayi unfit to practise – but points to ‘systematic failures’ at trust
08 Aug 2018
New Zealand nurses accept 12.5% pay offer following one-day strike
Deal includes safe staffing agreement, $2,000 payment and three 3% pay rises for all nurses
08 Aug 2018
Staff shortages are putting nurses under pressure to work while they are sick, says RCN
NHS sickness absence figures are distorted by 'high levels of presenteeism', RCN claims
06 Aug 2018
RCN backs opt-out organ donor system for England but says more specialist nurses needed
Max's Law presumed consent organ donor system wins RCN's support
06 Aug 2018
Trainee nursing associates say they need more learning time
One in four trainee nursing associates find placement pressures harm their learning
03 Aug 2018
Sepsis deaths in English hospitals went up by more than a third in two years
Professor attributes rise in sepsis mortality to antibiotic resistance and greater awareness
03 Aug 2018
Learning disability nurses demand targeted recruitment campaign
RCN president says learning disability nursing faces crisis as numbers in the field fall
03 Aug 2018