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NHS pay deal confusion: your questions answered
The 12 biggest questions on the 'misleading' pay deal answered by the RCN
02 Aug 2018
Health Service Safety Investigations Body is vital for patient care, says RCN director
Independent body would also provide safe space for whistleblowers
02 Aug 2018
NHS pay deal: we feel misled by Unison, say member group
Unison faces a call for answers on how NHS pay deal was 'sold' to members
01 Aug 2018
Nursing student to take paid placements petition to parliament
After ‘living wage’ petition secures 350,000 signatures, next goal is parliamentary debate
30 Jul 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN pledges independent review over confusion
Petition submitted to RCN amid anger over how some members say it promoted NHS pay deal
27 Jul 2018
Trust relaxes nurses’ uniform rules to beat the heat
Nurses allowed to wear shorts instead of traditional uniforms during heatwave
27 Jul 2018
RCN welcomes decision to allow medicinal cannabis prescribing
Guidance on prescribing, and which conditions it can be used to treat, will follow
27 Jul 2018
Dehydrated nurses in hot weather are a patient safety issue, RCN warns
College says that staff must take breaks and have access to water throughout shifts to avoid...
26 Jul 2018
RCN guidance aims to help nurses protect domestic abuse survivors' ability to vote...
Guidance explains how to attest to an individual's right to electoral roll anonymity
26 Jul 2018
Public ‘want EU nurse recruitment to continue post-Brexit’
Regardless of how they voted in referendum, most people want EU nurses to stay, poll shows
26 Jul 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN general secretary issues extraordinary personal apology
NHS pay deal amounts to less than nurses were promised, says RCN
25 Jul 2018
Number of overseas nurses registering in the UK is going up
NMC credits registration reforms for recent boost to the UK workforce
25 Jul 2018
Human papillomavirus vaccine to be offered to boys in England
HPV vaccine programme for adolescent boys aims to cut incidence of related cancers
25 Jul 2018
Noise levels affecting children's recovery, sleep research reveals...
Children losing more than an hour's sleep on hospital wards, study finds
24 Jul 2018
NMC appoints interim chief executive
Former head of St John Ambulance Sue Killen takes over from Jackie Smith
24 Jul 2018
Government launches consultation on physical and mental health education
RCN welcomes proposals, but warns about lack of school nurses to help students with...
24 Jul 2018
TV advertisers must do more to protect children’s mental health, says NHS England
Letter to Advertising Standards Authority cites risk of body image pressures
23 Jul 2018
NHS trusts set to trial settlement process for European nurses
Digital applications mean EU workers in UK could be granted settled status
23 Jul 2018