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All new nurses should complete a mandatory preceptorship year to help them meet new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) requirements, an academic leading the regu

21 Mar 2017
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has downplayed fears that Brexit will lead to a collapse in the recruitment of European Union health professionals.

21 Mar 2017
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Michael Brown

Organisations must support nurses' well-being if they are to deliver high standards of care.

21 Mar 2017
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Voting is now open for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence.

20 Mar 2017
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'Quit'

More than half of nurses (52%) are considering quitting the NHS as work pressures continue to ratchet, an exclusive survey by Nursing Standard and the Sunday Mirror ha

19 Mar 2017
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Suicidal nurses

Nurses have an higher risk of suicide according to an analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

17 Mar 2017
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A new academic course is hoping to increase nurse-led research, improve front-line practice and reduce staff burnout.

16 Mar 2017
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Care treatment review

The head of the RCN's learning disability nursing forum Simon Jones is concerned that healthcare professionals are starting to question the point of care

15 Mar 2017
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Jeremy Hunt

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is restricted by limited resources and other pressures on the NHS.

15 Mar 2017
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Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as she opened her fifth Chief Nursing Officer Summit in Birmingham.

14 Mar 2017
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Cost of overseas workers

College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.

13 Mar 2017
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Mid Staffs

Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, according to the nurse brought in to turn the h

10 Mar 2017

The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely blamed on Brexit.

09 Mar 2017

A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters back above-inflation pay rises for the public sector.

09 Mar 2017

Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to get the money it needs, and no mention of pay.

08 Mar 2017
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08 Mar 2017

King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing, with two other British institutions also in the top ten.

08 Mar 2017

NHS staff are still putting themselves under pressure to go to work when feeling unable to perform their duties, an official survey has revealed.

07 Mar 2017

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