Radical changes to school nurse role in Scotland leads to resignations
Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of...
02 Aug 2017
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Student who beat childhood cancer takes job with nurses who saved her
A newly qualified children’s nurse is to join the team that saved her life when she was two...
02 Aug 2017
Isle of Man nurses to get 2.5% pay rise
Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated...
01 Aug 2017
Nurse MPs clash over pay cap campaign
A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has...
01 Aug 2017
Schoolchildren 'should be taught about breastfeeding'...
Schools should teach children about the importance of breastfeeding, according to new...
01 Aug 2017
New 'six in one' vaccine to be offered for babies...
A 'six in one' immunisation for babies born from today will replace the 'five in one'...
01 Aug 2017
RCN and NMC hit back at ‘misguided and disrespectful’ newspaper column
The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national...
31 Jul 2017
Nurse urges tighter curbs on online diet pills after daughter's death...
A nurse whose daughter died after taking online diet pills containing a toxic chemical is...
31 Jul 2017
Pledge for thousands more mental health nurses
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017
Industrial action threat over pay ‘very much alive’, RCN warns
The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government...
28 Jul 2017
Nurses across the UK campaign for fairer pay
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017
No need to complete antibiotics course, study says
Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients...
27 Jul 2017
Regions sometimes have no child mental health beds, says report
Whole regions of England were left without any specialist CAMHS beds on three occasions last...
26 Jul 2017
Report warns of ‘urgent workforce challenges’ facing NHS in Scotland
Nurses and other NHS staff in Scotland are facing increasing workload pressures due to a...
25 Jul 2017
New data reveals nurse vacancies
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017
£16.4 million housing to tempt new nurses
Staff accommodation block to be built at a hospital in Lincolnshire
25 Jul 2017
New guidance to help children cope with trauma
New guidance has been launched to help health visitors support children and families to cope...
25 Jul 2017