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Nurses rumoured to be offered 6.5% pay rise
But staff must give up a day's holiday, reports say
09 Mar 2018
Exclusive: Nurses working alone are victims of hundreds of assaults, investigation shows
Hundreds of nurses who work alone in the community have been victims of violence, with...
09 Mar 2018
Nurses should know their shifts a year in advance, Hunt tells directors of nursing
Technology should be used to enable nurses to know their shift pattern a year in advance,...
08 Mar 2018
NHS bed stocks reaching 'unsustainably' low levels as norovirus infections...
Almost 75,000 NHS beds in England have been closed due to norovirus over the course of the...
08 Mar 2018
Universities must make use of government funding to boost nursing numbers, says CNO for...
England's chief nursing officer has called on universities to expand the number of nursing...
08 Mar 2018
Informal learning one alternative amid CPD shortfall, chief nurse tells summit
Chief nursing officer acknowledges nurses’ frustration over funding cuts, but says...
08 Mar 2018
England’s chief nurse says NHS ‘trumps every healthcare system in the world’
Jane Cummings used her summit speech to promote a new nursing recruitment campaign
07 Mar 2018
NHS staff survey reveals rise in workplace pressures as well as levels of job and pay...
More than one third of NHS staff in England have experienced work-related stress in the past...
06 Mar 2018
Bank nurses feel ‘cheated’ after missing out on holiday pay
London-based nurses say their right to statutory holiday pay was not made clear by NHS...
06 Mar 2018
Breastfeeding advice: new voice-activated digital app to provide tips for mothers
Breastfeeding Friend digital app developed by Start4Life can be activated via Amazon’s Alexa...
05 Mar 2018
Philip Graf to succeed Dame Janet Finch as chair of NMC
Philip Graf, a law graduate who has held key roles in the media and government regulation,...
02 Mar 2018
Nurse satisfaction of sufficient staffing rises by 1%, survey finds
Only 1% more health and social care staff in Scotland feel there is sufficient staffing at...
02 Mar 2018
Nurses are going the extra mile despite the snow
Nurses are going above and beyond to get to work during the snow storm
02 Mar 2018
Sustainability and transformation partnerships lose many nurses in maze of '...
RCN gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee stating that one quarter of...
01 Mar 2018
Dedicated staff battle through 'beast from the east'...
Nurses have battled against the 'beast from the east' and Storm Emma to reach patients over...
01 Mar 2018
Nurse numbers fall but senior managers increase, NHS Digital figures show
The number of nurses and health visitors in England has fallen, while senior managerial...
28 Feb 2018
British Social Attitudes survey: Satisfaction with GP services drops to all-time low
Dissatisfaction with the NHS increases to its highest level since 2007 according to annual...
28 Feb 2018
Low ratings of children’s services blamed on nursing shortage
A shortage of nurses and a poor culture of reporting incidents is contributing to the low...
28 Feb 2018