£5 million fund to improve support for mental health support for new and expectant...
A £5million fund for perinatal mental health services has been announced as the first step...
19 Aug 2016
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Long-awaited government plan highlights how nurses can help tackle childhood obesity
Government's new childhood obesity strategy, which calls on nurses to help tackle the...
18 Aug 2016
Childhood obesity strategy to be unveiled
Government's strategy to be published on Thursday
17 Aug 2016
'Halt reduction in health visitor numbers'
Health visitor funding must be protected, says RCN
16 Aug 2016
Top nurse appointed to help turn around Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Leading nurse Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been announced as the new chief nurse at Pennine...
15 Aug 2016
Spate of measles outbreaks at music festivals sparks MMR plea
Measles cases at summer festivals prompt Public Health England to issue vaccination reminder
11 Aug 2016
Nurses urged to apply for £10,000 leadership scholarship
Florence Nightingale Foundation leadership scholarships are open to applicants. Aspiring...
10 Aug 2016
Forum for children and young people's nurse academics launched...
A new group has been launched to provide a strong and unified voice for academics working in...
10 Aug 2016
'Sugar-bag baby' returns to work in unit that saved her life ...
A paediatric nursing student is carrying out her placement at the same neonatal ward where...
10 Aug 2016
Video of nurse using Taylor Swift song to teach handwashing goes viral
Clip demonstrating hand hygiene technique has been viewed more than 600,000 times across the...
04 Aug 2016
Maternity clinic for survivors of rape and sexual assault opens
A maternity clinic for survivors of rape has opened its doors at the Royal London Hospital.
02 Aug 2016
Fundraising nurse gets garden makeover from Alan Titchmarsh
Rosie Mitchell has raised £1.7 million for the paediatric intensive care unit at Southampton...
28 Jul 2016
£1.7 million nurse training suite will 'mimic' real hospital wards...
The University of Salford's new simulation suites will be used to train nursing students and...
26 Jul 2016
Sepsis 'as urgent as a heart attack', says NICE guidelines...
New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptoms
22 Jul 2016
Nursing bursaries will be scrapped from next year
Consultation and protests fail to change ministers' minds
21 Jul 2016
Health warnings issued as temperatures soar in England and Wales
Public health bodies have provided advice on staying well during hot weather
18 Jul 2016