Robot wards: RCN congress discusses the future of AI technology in health and social...
With the use of robotics advancing into healthcare, what ramifications are there for staff...
16 Apr 2018
Analysis
Lack of funding leaves NHS with ‘impossible’ task
The prime minister’s promise of a long-term funding settlement will not solve the crisis...
16 Apr 2018
Exclusive: The threats to safety faced by nurses who work alone
Nurses who work alone are subject to a multitude of dangers
09 Mar 2018
End of life care being compromised by lack of nurse training, exclusive survey reveals
Poor discharge planning and lack of funding identified by Nursing Standard and Marie Curie...
07 Mar 2018
Directors of nursing should be involved in tackling NHS waste management problems, say...
RCN report on NHS England waste management reveals huge disparity in cost of processing waste
06 Mar 2018
Road block looms over bid to link pay to productivity
This latest article in our series on the 2018 pay negotiations looks at what is shaping up...
22 Feb 2018
Survey reveals end of life care compromised
Difficulties in delivering a dignified death intesify
21 Feb 2018
Shake-up of flawed pay bands system could make it quicker to get to the top
The third of our series of articles setting the scene for the 2018 negotiations on nurses’...
15 Feb 2018
Unions seize chance to modernise NHS pay structure with fairer grading
Nearly 15 years since the implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system, introduced to...
08 Feb 2018
The problems in nurse retention: understaffed, underachieving and underpaid
In January, the House of Commons health committee published its inquiry into the NHS...
07 Feb 2018
Nursing Now: Globally advocating for nursing leadership
Nurses need to be more engaged in the development of policy and services, say experts
07 Feb 2018
Reinstate nurse training budgets and make realistic pay offer, MPs tell the government
Commons health committee's report on the nursing workforce issues sweeping recommendations,...
26 Jan 2018
Have your say on building the NHS workforce
Health Education England is consulting on draft proposals to cope with increasing demand and...
11 Jan 2018
Movement on nurse shortages and a pay battle not quite won: what’s in store for 2018
Nursing experts give their views on issues likely to shape the profession’s agenda in the...
06 Dec 2017
Schwartz rounds: bringing staff together to improve well-being and promote better...
Findings from a study into the effectiveness of Schwartz rounds suggest that staff who...
10 Nov 2017
The political agenda for healthcare in the UK
Workforce shortages, NHS pressures and nursing pay were high on the agenda for politicians...
12 Oct 2017
Staff shortages compromising care, RCN survey finds
Staffing levels are having a huge impact on quality of care, nurses often feel they are not...
10 Oct 2017