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NMC to ‘take stock’ of language tests for overseas nurses

The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to review tests to determine the language skills of...

Recruitment and morale at risk over pay restraint, NHS Confederation warns

The NHS is in danger of facing a recruitment and morale crisis if the government does not...

Legacy of Florence Nightingale marked in Westminster Abbey service

The life and legacy of Florence Nightingale has been celebrated in a special service at...

Congress votes to get tough on missed breaks

Employers who fail to ensure staff take required shift breaks will be challenged by the RCN...

Get involved in NHS transformation plans, nurses urged

Nurses need to be ‘knocking on the door’ to ensure their voices are heard in NHS...

New guide aims to help nurses fight modern slavery

RCN's new pocket guide advising nurses on how to identify and raise concerns about modern...

Call to support adult survivors of child sex abuse

Nurses need to be ‘professionally curious’ to help identify adult survivors of child sexual...

Asylum seekers and refugees need NHS care too, congress hears

Nurses describe encounters with desperately ill asylum seekers and call for more awareness...

Royal Marsden nurses put Prince William to work

Duke of Cambridge spends morning with young patients at Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

PM condemned for RCN congress no-show

Theresa May accused of showing 'contempt' for nurses

Motion to reduce practice hours defeated at congress

A motion calling for a reduction in clinical placement hours for nursing students was...

Nurse debriefings are 'crucial' but doubts raised over timing...

Nurse debriefing sessions can be an effective way to provide psychological support and to...

‘More research for autism,’ say nurses across disciplines

Increase research into autism spectrum conditions, urge nurses.

‘NHS still the fairest way to deliver healthcare’

Resolution passed at RCN congress declares UK system still offers the fairest method of...

Children’s health put at risk as public health funding plummets, warns RCN

Cuts to crucial health services are jeopardising the health of England’s children and young...

Wellness should be a focus for nurses, congress told

The NHS focus on illness rather than wellness could be ‘disabling patients’, delegates tell...

Nurses treated like ‘dirt’ by government, says Tim Farron

Nurses are being treated ‘like dirt’ by the government, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron...

Corbyn pledges bursaries and safe staffing legislation

Plus EU citizens working in NHS will be given right to remain, Labour leader has pledged.

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