NHS ‘doesn’t deserve more money as it wastes cash on poor care’
The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking...
04 Aug 2017
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Mental health nurses who endure verbal aggression need better support
More attention should be paid to helping mental health nurses manage their reactions to...
03 Aug 2017
Money saved by freezing nursing posts is 'being used to shore up budgets elsewhere...
RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving...
02 Aug 2017
Hospital trauma beds relocated amid ‘serious’ cladding and fire safety concerns
Two wards of inpatient beds at a hospital trauma unit are to be transferred after a report...
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
#EDFit2Sit drive helps ED patients stay active
Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
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 retires after almost six decades working for the NHS
Nurse Shirley Hannan has retired after 57 years working for the NHS.
31 Jul 2017
Pledge for thousands more mental health nurses
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017
Secret NHS cuts will cause uproar once revealed, doctors claim
Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause...
28 Jul 2017
Staff shortages and vomiting bug cause bed closures at Northern Ireland trust
Approximately 25 beds closed to admissions at Altnagelvin Area Hospital to ensure patient...
28 Jul 2017
Action plan launched for general practice nursing
England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan...
28 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
New data reveals nurse vacancies
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017