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Warning over school nurse numbers

RCN highlights that the number of school nursing post has fallen by 13% since 2010

Nurses' sickness absence rates almost four times higher than doctors

New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates across...

Shortage of nurses and other key workers may hinder seven-day NHS, leaked documents...

The NHS may lack enough nurses and other key staff to make a seven-day service work properly...

Midwife suspended for nine months over death of baby Joshua Titcombe

Midwife’s care failings before infant’s death lead to her suspension.

Fast-track diploma offers alternative route to nursing

One-year Sheffield College access to nursing course aimed at healthcare staff who don't have...

RCN to launch leadership programme for senior nurses

College hopes political leadership training for nurses on band 8 and above will address...

Pay freeze is hurting nurse morale, says RCN's longest-serving rep

Gordon Lees looked back at more than 40 years of activism for the RCN at a talk in London...

Scrapping student bursary risks future mental health nursing workforce, report warns

Plans to scrap student bursaries risk worsening a recruitment crisis in mental health...

Night-shift nurses 'at greater risk of infections'

Disrupted body clock increases risk, research suggests.

Nurses urged to apply for £10,000 leadership scholarship

Florence Nightingale Foundation leadership scholarships are open to applicants. Aspiring...

Safe nurse staffing laws for Wales from April 2018

Hospitals in Wales will have to implement safe nurse staffing levels under the law from...

Three nurses struck off for faking patient blood sugar readings

Three nurses who faked patients’ blood sugar readings guilty of 'clear eyed and...

Calls for more nursing peers in House of Lords

Increasing the number of nurse peers in the House of Lords would give the profession more...

Assaults on healthcare staff

300,000 assaulted in past five years

Sepsis 'as urgent as a heart attack', says NICE guidelines...

New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptoms

Nurses teach healthcare assistants to spot pressure ulcer warning signs

Skin integrity nurses at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust have been training...

NHS chief calls on Theresa May to reassure EU staff over Brexit

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens says hospitals could close if EU staff are forced...

Burnt out nurses at risk of PTSD, research reveals

Third of US intensive care nurses have symptoms of severe burnout, warn researchers

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