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Look after your staff, RCN chair of council urges employers
Organisations must support nurses' well-being if they are to deliver high standards of care.
21 Mar 2017
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Vote now for Patient's Choice
Voting is now open for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the...
20 Mar 2017
Exclusive: Nurses have say on NHS
More than half of nurses (52%) are considering quitting the NHS as work pressures continue...
19 Mar 2017
Female nurses at higher risk of suicide compared to some other occupations
Nurses have an higher risk of suicide according to an analysis by the Office for National...
17 Mar 2017
Pioneering course sees graduates combine research and front-line nursing
A new academic course is hoping to increase nurse-led research, improve front-line practice...
16 Mar 2017
Providers need to have ‘the right places’ in the community for people with learning...
The head of the RCN's learning disability nursing forum Simon Jones is concerned that...
15 Mar 2017
'I don't think nurse pay is enough,' says Jeremy Hunt...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is...
15 Mar 2017
Support your EU colleagues, urges chief nurse
Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as...
14 Mar 2017
Non-EU worker fee risks adding to staffing crisis, warns RCN
College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.
13 Mar 2017
We must not repeat previous mistakes, says former Mid Staffs trust head
Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at...
10 Mar 2017
Exclusive: EU nurse figures in decline before Brexit vote
The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely...
09 Mar 2017
Three in four people support pay boost for nurses, survey shows
A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat...
09 Mar 2017
Spring budget: reaction
Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to...
08 Mar 2017
Three UK universities in world top ten for nursing
King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing,...
08 Mar 2017
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
Have YOUR say on the state of the NHS
Nursing Standard has joined forces with The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People for a UK-...
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