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Winter pressures: how will the health service cope this time round?
Nurse managers have a vital role in the future success of social care
NHS pay deal: RCN pledges independent review over confusion
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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
New chief nurse will ‘bridge the gap’ between NHS England and NHS Improvement
Jane Cummings’ successor will be a joint appointment and lead a single team
‘Wales needs a national recruitment plan to support our new staffing law’
Nurse staffing lead wants to see an end to competition between employers
RCN demands bursary rethink as student numbers drop again
The number of students starting nursing courses in the UK is down for the second year
NHS pay in Wales: health unions back three-year deal
Nurses will reach the top of their pay bands more quickly
RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees about preferential treatment to work in UK after Brexit
Analysis
Winter pressures: how will the health service cope this time round?
With winter looming, pressure builds for Matt Hancock to turn around the past two years of...
Nurse managers have a vital role in the future success of social care
The government's promised social care measures will need strong nurse leadership and joined-...
Telling it how it is: senior nurses voice concerns in RCNi survey
Nearly half of senior nursing workforce concerned for safe staffing on the front line
EXCLUSIVE: The short staffing that is threatening patient safety across the UK
Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey results add weight to case for safe staffing law
Embedding patient experience in care service development
NHS Improvement publishes 'organisational diagnostic' framework to help senior nurses assess...
Heart of the matter: nurse-led collaboration to get serious about preventing...
A collaborative forum aims to take a 'whole-system' approach to reduce death rates from...
Clinical update
Intermediate care and reablement
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines on...
Multiple morbidities assessment
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released its new guidelines...
Clinical update – infusion therapy
Ensuring the safest care for patients undergoing infusion therapy through updated guidance.
Clinical update: monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery
New standards on patient monitoring require hospitals to provide capnography throughout...
Multiple morbidities assessment
People with multiple morbidities need a tailored approach to care, according to a new...
Policy briefing
Animals in healthcare
A new RCN protocol supports nurses in planning to bring dogs safely into care homes and...
Updated National Early Warning Score
In December 2017, the Royal College of Physicians updated the National Early Warning Score...
Staff retention: employers advised to listen more to nurses
New guidance on staff retention from NHS Improvement encourages employers to listen to...
Emergency department standards
The latest policy and what it means for healthcare professionals.
Enabling professionalism in practice
The latest policy and what it means for healthcare professionals.
Policy briefing: combating racism in the NHS
Trade union Unite has issued a policy briefing on a new toolkit to combat racism in the NHS
Podcast
Podcast: Celebrating the legacy of Mary Seacole
The latest podcast looks at the life and legacy of Mary Seacole, children's mental health,...
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing Standard podcast: Agile working
Tissue viability nurse Debbie Wickens takes us on her rounds
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
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