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Call for ‘robust action’ to increase BME nurse director numbers
Lack of information about the number of black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses in position...
28 Aug 2017
Nurses are providing sanitary products for poorer pupils
So-called 'period poverty' is leading to some school nurses having to provide sanitary...
25 Aug 2017
Children at risk in school due to nursing cuts, RCN warns
Children with asthma, epilepsy and diabetes are at risk in the classroom due to the...
25 Aug 2017
Celebrity speakers announced for RCN Scrap the cap London rally
Comic actors and political activists Sir Tony Robinson and Rob Delaney are to speak at the...
24 Aug 2017
Overseas students’ impact on the UK to be reviewed
International students’ effect on the UK labour market is to be assessed by independent...
24 Aug 2017
Mental health services 'patchy' but under review, PM says...
The prime minister has admitted mental health services for young people in the UK are ‘...
23 Aug 2017
Nurses reject claims that fancy dress fundraisers ‘demeaned’ the profession
Nurses have expressed support for fundraisers whose donations were rejected by an NHS trust...
23 Aug 2017
NMC issues advice to nurses on responding to incidents and emergencies
Nurses and midwives are being reminded that they should get themselves to a place of safety...
23 Aug 2017
Scrap the Cap: nurses urged to join day of action
The RCN wants nurses to share their stories on the effects of pay restraint as part of a...
22 Aug 2017
Safer test for Down's syndrome to be offered to pregnant women in Wales...
A safer test for Down's syndrome, reducing the risk of miscarriage during the testing...
22 Aug 2017
Clinical nurse specialist recruitment drive to boost youth cancer service in Scotland
The teenage Cancer Trust is launching its nursing and support service across Scotland to...
22 Aug 2017
Pedestrian crossings must allow time for old and disabled, says NICE
Councils need to ensure that older and disabled people have enough time to cross the road...
22 Aug 2017
Punk nursing student has TV makeover to make him look more ‘professional’ to patients
A television makeover crew has helped a nursing student look ‘more professional’ by taming...
21 Aug 2017
Warning of city nurse exodus due to rail fare hike
Unison says nurses who commute could quit
21 Aug 2017
Jeremy Hunt and Stephen Hawking clash over NHS
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a fresh attack on Stephen Hawking for suggesting...
21 Aug 2017
Barcelona attack: nurse describes ‘chaos’ and trying to help the injured
A Spanish nurse has described how he fought to save the life of a little boy who was...
18 Aug 2017