Online nursing degrees: the government’s plan for solving the workforce crisis
RCN says NHS Long Term Plan falls short of solving nurse shortage
07 Jan 2019
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Can you help identify ‘Nurse Brown from Jamaica’?
Mystery Windrush-generation nurse among the ‘unsung heroes’ featured in exhibition
07 Jan 2019
Don’t be pressured to leave the NHS pension scheme, warns RCN
College says more must be done to market the scheme’s benefits to nurses
03 Jan 2019
RCNi Nurse Awards: BME nurses to be offered free support to enter
Leadership coach will host event for nurses thinking of putting their names forward
02 Jan 2019
Children consume more sugar by age ten than recommended for an 18 year old
Switching to low-sugar options could cut intake by 2,500 sugar cubes a year
02 Jan 2019
Government reveals plan to make NHS ‘the best place in the world to give birth’
Royal College of Midwives welcomes maternity services package, but ‘not on a shoestring’
31 Dec 2018
Humble and proud: nurses on New Year honours
This year’s New Year honours list includes 27 members of the nursing profession
28 Dec 2018
Nearly half of NHS trusts surveyed in England have increased their car parking charges
RCN says the goodwill of staff will not last forever
27 Dec 2018
NHS plans £7 million extra funding a year for children’s hospices in England
Increase – set to take effect by 2023 – means annual rise from £11 million to £25 million as...
27 Dec 2018
Slump in EU nurses coming to work in London is ‘putting patients at risk’
London has the highest nurse vacancy rate in England’s NHS
21 Dec 2018
Lifetime achievement award for child health professor
Faith Gibson recognised for contribution to children's cancer care
18 Dec 2018
NHS strategy targets diversity at senior manager level
Action plan says organisations should set targets for BME representation in leadership roles
14 Dec 2018
Nursing and workforce spending to go up in Scotland
Scottish Government announces budget increase – but warns of challenges to come
14 Dec 2018
Study aims to tell ‘real story of nursing’
Research will cover gender, working conditions and what attracts people to nursing
13 Dec 2018
RCN council elections: college announces winning candidates
Twelve positions around the UK were contested
12 Dec 2018
‘We’ll get this’ – trust’s promise to EU nurses facing a bill after Brexit
What Oxford University Hospitals is prepared to do to keep its EU staff
12 Dec 2018
Doctors’ use of phrase ‘acting down’ offends nurses
Medical staff in survey were describing when they undertook nursing tasks
11 Dec 2018
Ruth May is named chief nursing officer for England
She will take her place on the newly formed NHS Executive Group
11 Dec 2018