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Rise in number of mature applicants to nursing courses in England

Overall applications also rise, but RCN says numbers are still ’way below what is needed’

Flu jabs for nurses: one in three did not have this season’s vaccine by new year

Front-line nurses’ uptake falls far short of NHS vision for workforce immunisation

Safe staffing in the NHS: nurses and patients petition prime minister Boris Johnson

Activists want to keep pressure on ministers over nurse numbers and a safe staffing law

Last call for entries to the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020

There’s still time to submit your entry – but you’ll have to be quick!

Independent reviewers to examine RCN’s governance – and they want to hear from members

College orders report in response to fallout from 2018 NHS pay proposal

Coronavirus: Britons on evacuation flight to be quarantined in NHS staff accommodation

Passengers transferred to Wirral trust, as first two cases are confirmed elsewhere in the UK

Only one week left to enter the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020

Don’t miss your chance to win a prestigious award in the Year of the Nurse and Midwife

CPR decision making: NMC to explore how to clarify requirements

Nurse regulator moves to remove doubt over what it expects from registrants

High cost of living makes nurses in London dream of relocation

Call for action on rents and transport as costs fuel region’s nursing shortage

Old-fashioned view of nursing as ‘feminine’ undervalues profession, RCN study reveals

Gender inequalities persist despite the fact that nine out of ten nurses in the UK are women

CPR: we support best practice guidance, insists NMC chief executive

Regulator enters debate about its suspension of nurse who did not attempt CPR

My Daddy is a Nurse: the children’s book challenging gender stereotypes

Nursing Now campaign and chief nurse work with publisher to tackle profession’s gender divide

Post-reg education: shake-up in specialist community public health nursing standards

NMC in plan to update framework to reflect modern nursing roles

Nursing student freed on appeal after serving half her prison sentence for fraud

Thandiwe Matikiti had dishonestly secured public money to fund her degree

Coronavirus outbreak: passengers from China to UK urged to say if they feel unwell

Government directive concerns flights from city of Wuhan

Charities call for government action on people with learning disabilities ‘locked away’

More than 2,000 people with LDs, including 230 children, sectioned under Mental Health Act 

Student grants: who will and won’t get the full £8,000 for hard-to-recruit disciplines

Only some learning disability and mental health nursing students eligible for extra £3,000

Brisk breakfast: machine makes scrambled eggs for patients in 15 seconds

Trial of device at Nottingham hospital whips up a positive response

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