‘Wake up’ to the burden of endometriosis for patients and the NHS, urges charity
Women wait years for diagnosis, and data show thousands seek hospital treatment each year
04 Feb 2020
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Sleep pod aims to help trust’s staff fight fatigue during a shift
Initiative is being trialled by doctors – with plans to roll it out to all shift workers
03 Feb 2020
Independent reviewers to examine RCN’s governance – and they want to hear from members
College orders report in response to fallout from 2018 NHS pay proposal
03 Feb 2020
Coronavirus: Britons on evacuation flight to be quarantined in NHS staff accommodation
Passengers transferred to Wirral trust, as first two cases are confirmed elsewhere in the UK
31 Jan 2020
Only one week left to enter the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020
Don’t miss your chance to win a prestigious award in the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
31 Jan 2020
CPR decision making: NMC to explore how to clarify requirements
Nurse regulator moves to remove doubt over what it expects from registrants
30 Jan 2020
High cost of living makes nurses in London dream of relocation
Call for action on rents and transport as costs fuel region’s nursing shortage
30 Jan 2020
Old-fashioned view of nursing as ‘feminine’ undervalues profession, RCN study reveals
Gender inequalities persist despite the fact that nine out of ten nurses in the UK are women
29 Jan 2020
CPR: we support best practice guidance, insists NMC chief executive
Regulator enters debate about its suspension of nurse who did not attempt CPR
28 Jan 2020
My Daddy is a Nurse: the children’s book challenging gender stereotypes
Nursing Now campaign and chief nurse work with publisher to tackle profession’s gender divide
23 Jan 2020
Post-reg education: shake-up in specialist community public health nursing standards
NMC in plan to update framework to reflect modern nursing roles
23 Jan 2020
Nursing student freed on appeal after serving half her prison sentence for fraud
Thandiwe Matikiti had dishonestly secured public money to fund her degree
22 Jan 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: passengers from China to UK urged to say if they feel unwell
Government directive concerns flights from city of Wuhan
22 Jan 2020
Low numbers of young women attending screening linked to sharp rise in cervical cancer
Rise in cervical cancer cases down to failure to attend screening, charity believes
22 Jan 2020
Student grants: who will and won’t get the full £8,000 for hard-to-recruit disciplines
Only some learning disability and mental health nursing students eligible for extra £3,000
20 Jan 2020
Brisk breakfast: machine makes scrambled eggs for patients in 15 seconds
Trial of device at Nottingham hospital whips up a positive response
20 Jan 2020
Cervical cancer could be eliminated, NHS says
Vaccinations for all children, along with upgraded screening for HPV ‘will save lives’
20 Jan 2020
Sepsis now a bigger killer than cancer, study suggests
Analysis of global data reveals 11 million sepsis-related deaths in 2017
17 Jan 2020