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Community nursing leaders recognised at QNI awards
Nursing ‘icon’ Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Public Health England deputy chief nurse Joanne...
31 Oct 2017
Mental Health Act review
Prime minister said review will focus on ‘injustice and discrimination’ in system
17 Oct 2017
Cavell Nurses' Trust lays wreath to honour nurse hero...
A commemoration of the life of nursing hero Edith Cavell has taken place in London.
12 Oct 2017
Leading academic says there is 'a lot to do' to grow nurse research as a...
More work is needed to boost the field of nurse research, says the Council of Deans of...
28 Sep 2017
Japanese fungus in UK hospitals
More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of...
15 Aug 2017
Record number of medical research volunteers
Highest number of participants signed up to clinical research studies in England last year,...
02 Aug 2017
Leading nurse academic to join University of Surrey
Jill Maben will leave King’s College London for professor of nursing post at the University...
03 Jul 2017
UK nurse numbers fall for first time in recent history
More nurses and midwives are leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register than are...
03 Jul 2017
MP vote on policy amendment to lift nurse pay cap
MPs debated Labour Party amendment to the Queen's Speech to lift the public sector pay cap.
28 Jun 2017
Nurses take protest over pay to Department of Health
Nurses across England and Scotland intensified their demands for a pay rise as the RCN's...
27 Jun 2017
Patients Association appoints new chief executive
The Patients Association’s appointment of Rachel Power as chief executive marks the start of...
27 Jun 2017
Congress votes to get tough on missed breaks
Employers who fail to ensure staff take required shift breaks will be challenged by the RCN...
19 May 2017
RCNi launches new Write for us author hub
Free resources will help nurses and other healthcare professionals share best practice...
12 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
Nurse academics set for RCN International Nursing Research Conference
Nurse academics from across the world will visit Oxford this week for the RCN International...
03 Apr 2017
Research honour for nursing workforce academic
University of Southampton professor and nursing workforce researcher Peter Griffiths named...
27 Mar 2017
Radio presenter calls for law change to protect NHS staff from violence
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition to make it a criminal offence to attack NHS...
27 Jan 2017
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