Provide more resources to tackle suicide, say ministers
More support for public mental health and early intervention services is needed if the...
19 Dec 2016
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Nurses offered free woodland workshops
NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease...
16 Dec 2016
Using online essays to cheat ‘may put patients at risk'
Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work...
14 Dec 2016
Systemic problems found in NHS patient death investigations
A new review has found ‘system-wide’ problems in the way the NHS investigates patient deaths...
13 Dec 2016
RCN launches updated guidance on infusion therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
People with eating disorders ‘sent to Scotland due to bed shortage’
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says sending vulnerable people hundreds of miles away for...
12 Dec 2016
Concern over capacity for apprentice and associate placements
The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of...
12 Dec 2016
Bursary to stay in Wales – but nursing students must work in the country for two years...
Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but...
09 Dec 2016
University sets up £200K fund to help nursing students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when...
08 Dec 2016
CNO rejects nursing associate claims
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
Nursing the 'most trusted profession'
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016
Four out of five nurses struck off NMC register last year were over the age of 40,...
Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last...
02 Dec 2016
‘Significant’ concerns about morale and work pressures on prison nurses in Scotland
RCN Scotland study shows a rise in sickness absence reported by staff.
01 Dec 2016
Mental Health Act detentions soared over past decade, figures show
NHS Digital data reveals a 47% increase in detentions under the Mental Health Act
01 Dec 2016
Apprenticeship degrees a 'drop in the ocean' say health academics
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the...
01 Dec 2016
Prison suicides hit ten-year high
Report highlights ‘bleak reality’, with an average of one suicide in prison every three days.
30 Nov 2016
Second wave of test sites for nursing associate scheme revealed
The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been...
30 Nov 2016
Jeremy Hunt unveils details of nursing degree apprenticeships – and calls for...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships.
30 Nov 2016