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Nurse suicide risk: national institute working on ‘evidence gap’ in figures
Latest ONS data on suicide risk among nursing professionals in the UK are from 2015
07 Feb 2020
Rise in number of mature applicants to nursing courses in England
Overall applications also rise, but RCN says numbers are still ’way below what is needed’
06 Feb 2020
Flu jabs for nurses: one in three did not have this season’s vaccine by new year
Front-line nurses’ uptake falls far short of NHS vision for workforce immunisation
06 Feb 2020
Safe staffing in the NHS: nurses and patients petition prime minister Boris Johnson
Activists want to keep pressure on ministers over nurse numbers and a safe staffing law
06 Feb 2020
Last call for entries to the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020
There’s still time to submit your entry – but you’ll have to be quick!
06 Feb 2020
‘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
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