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Nurses' Day: 'Celebrate the heroes of healthcare'...
RCN urges nurses to honour their colleagues at events across the UK, and patients to share...
12 May 2017
Bed shortage hurdle for new mental health laws
Bed shortages could cause difficulties in meeting new time limits on the assessment of...
11 May 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Congress chance to influence the agenda
With an unexpected general election just weeks away, and with some high-profile political...
11 May 2017
A new government 'must commit to nurse education and development'...
A new government needs to commit to funding nurse and midwifery education sufficiently, the...
10 May 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Poll points to nurses' political leanings ahead of general election...
Nurses overwhelmingly want a Labour government, Nursing Standard poll suggests.
10 May 2017
Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron to address RCN congress - but Tories yet to confirm speaker
Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders will attend this year's event in Liverpool.
09 May 2017
Two-thirds of children with mental ill health sent miles from home for treatment
Seven out of 10 children and adolescents with severe mental health problems were admitted to...
09 May 2017
Body worn cameras 'make staff and patients feel safer', concludes pilot...
Body cameras (BWCs) have been praised by nurses and healthcare assistants who took part in a...
09 May 2017
Campaign and bursaries aim to attract nursing students to Wales
New campaign promotes Wales as a place for nurses to train, work and live.
09 May 2017
Hospital car parking fees would be scrapped under Labour, pledges Jeremy Corbyn
Car parking fees at hospitals in England will be scrapped under a Labour government, party...
08 May 2017
MRI scans shown to be effective in patients with first episode psychosis
A new study has provided evidence MRI scans can be an effective part of diagnosing First...
08 May 2017
Poor pay causing staff to leave the NHS to work in supermarkets, NHS Providers warns
NHS Providers says staff are leaving the health service to work in supermarkets because of...
08 May 2017
Tories promise 10,000 more mental health professionals
Conservative Party leader Theresa May has promised 10,000 more NHS mental health staff by...
08 May 2017
Melanie Davies is the RCN Nurse of the Year
RCN Nurse of the Year award has gone to Melanie Davies for her work championing the well-...
05 May 2017
Praise for Patient's Choice award winner...
Children's respiratory nurse Joanna O'Toole wins Patient's Choice award at the RCNi Nurse...
05 May 2017
RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Winners revealed
The innovation, talent and skill of the UK's nursing profession has been celebrated at...
05 May 2017
Nurses urged to respond to RCN pay poll
RCN stewards have urged eligible members to fill out the college’s survey on pay before 11pm...
05 May 2017
'We must talk about death', say nurses...
Nurses have revealed how their hospitals are improving end of life care services ahead of...
05 May 2017