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Gender pay gap: male nurses disproportionately represented in profession’s top jobs
Men reach higher Agenda for Change pay grades faster than women – London South Bank study
19 Feb 2019
Helen Whyley takes up permanent post as RCN Wales director
New head says she is proud to lead the team that supports and advocates for nurses
15 Feb 2019
Nurses meet to start planning campaign for a safe staffing law
RCN members in England begin latest move to lobby government over nurse numbers
14 Feb 2019
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Chair of judges Yvonne Coghill says her recent CBE ‘belongs to a lot of people’
14 Feb 2019
Work-life balance driving increasing number of staff to leave the NHS
Health Foundation report highlights ‘worrying’ lack of improvement in retention rates
13 Feb 2019
Irish nurses call off planned strike action
Nursing unions suspend industrial action to consider Labour Court's proposals
13 Feb 2019
Nursing student’s message to car vandals highlights hospital parking problems
RCN says this type of vandalism is ‘abhorrent and unacceptable’
12 Feb 2019
Apprenticeships are our answer to steep recruitment costs, says trust chief nurse
Employer is investing in apprentices to cut dependence on attracting overseas nurses
11 Feb 2019
Campaign aims to make learning disability nursing a more appealing career option
Ageing workforce and universities scaling down courses seen as contributory factors
11 Feb 2019
Nurse criticises NHS England chiefs for lack of workforce to deliver NHS Long Term Plan
Nurse tells board meeting: ‘I have never seen the NHS in such a bad state’
11 Feb 2019
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Don’t miss your chance to enter the RCNi Nurse Awards 2019
Final week to nominate yourself, a colleague or a team and celebrate nursing excellence
08 Feb 2019
UK nurse Howard Catton named chief executive of the International Council of Nurses
The ex-RCN policy head wants to push the case for investment in nurses ‘harder than ever’
08 Feb 2019
Nursing associate numbers on target so far, despite concerns about low uptake
Government now faces challenge of achieving its ambitions for 2019 cohort
07 Feb 2019
Nursing degree applicants up UK-wide but bursary loss still takes its toll in England
UCAS figures ‘show the scale of the workforce challenge’, says RCN general secretary
07 Feb 2019
RCN urges members to demand safe staffing legislation in England
College’s campaign aims to ‘create a legacy that will change staffing in England forever’
06 Feb 2019
Trusts must increase monitoring and reporting of workplace culture, report advises
Pulse UK says organisations need to tackle ‘learned helplessness’ among staff
05 Feb 2019
RCN congress 2019: bullying, uniforms and harassment by patients to be discussed
College members put nurses’ workplace issues on the agenda at Liverpool
04 Feb 2019
Nurses praised for fighting through snow and ice to reach patients
England’s chief nursing officer hails staff for going to ‘extraordinary lengths’
04 Feb 2019