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Boost health visitor numbers to protect child mental health, urges RCN

RCN uses infant mental health awareness week to highlight work of health visitors.

Nurses take up seats in the House of Commons

Four nurses will be heading to parliament when MPs resume their seats in the House of...

Nurses praised for courage during hospital blaze

Staff helped evacuate patients during fire at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

New government faces fresh threats of pay protests

'The government has one last chance to scrap the cap,' Janet Davies has warned

Healthcare professionals urged to be alert to FGM as ‘cutting season’ approaches

As so-called ‘cutting season’ approaches, health professionals have been urged to look out...

RCN urges nurses to get to place of safety in terror attacks

Following the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, where one nurse died trying to...

Nurses need to learn how to influence policy, says new ICN president

Nurses must collaborate more with other professions and have a broader understanding of...

Nurse vacancies at all-time high in Scotland

Vacancies and spend on temporary staff continue to rise.

General election

Nursing students have their say ahead of polling day

Nurses urged to vote by RCN general secretary

The voice of nursing must be heard, RCN general secretary Janet Davies has said in a her...

Corbyn pledges to bring back nursing bursaries if Labour wins election

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to bring back nursing student bursaries '...

Initiative offers advice on life-saving first aid after a terrorist attack

CitizenAID provides simple advice on how to deal with injuries following a major incident.

No magic money tree to fund NHS, Theresa May tells nurse

A who nurse challenged Prime Minister Theresa May over the 1% pay cap was told more money...

Therapy dogs in new children’s hospital study

Children undergoing hospital treatment are being supported by therapy dogs in a new study to...

NHS Improvement clarifies advice on tax for agency and bank staff

NHS Improvement has reined back on a blanket approach to enforcing new tax rules for bank,...

Poor Brexit deal could upset our NHS plans, says Hunt

Conservative plans to train more nurses and doctors and put extra cash into the NHS depend...

New WHO director-general makes major commitment to nursing

The new director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has affirmed his support for...

NHS depends on EU nurses - Nuffield Trust report

The NHS depends on nurses from the European Union (EU) to prevent the serious problem of...

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