Nearly half of NHS trusts surveyed in England have increased their car parking charges
RCN says the goodwill of staff will not last forever
27 Dec 2018
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Slump in EU nurses coming to work in London is ‘putting patients at risk’
London has the highest nurse vacancy rate in England’s NHS
21 Dec 2018
Nurse leaders pay tribute to staff in Christmas messages of gratitude
Nurses praised for their ‘hope, optimism, compassion and enthusiasm’
19 Dec 2018
Unions say NHS trust’s management is jeopardising patient safety
They claim senior team focus more on staff’s hair and sock colour than under-staffing
18 Dec 2018
Flu vaccine: NHS trusts remain silent on how they manage staff who refuse it
NHS Improvement advised redeployment to ensure patient safety in ‘higher-risk’ departments
14 Dec 2018
NHS strategy targets diversity at senior manager level
Action plan says organisations should set targets for BME representation in leadership roles
14 Dec 2018
Call to redress racial disparity for BME staff at senior level
Mental health nurses from African-Caribbean backgrounds should have more career support
14 Dec 2018
Nursing and workforce spending to go up in Scotland
Scottish Government announces budget increase – but warns of challenges to come
14 Dec 2018
Study aims to tell ‘real story of nursing’
Research will cover gender, working conditions and what attracts people to nursing
13 Dec 2018
RCN council elections: college announces winning candidates
Twelve positions around the UK were contested
12 Dec 2018
‘We’ll get this’ – trust’s promise to EU nurses facing a bill after Brexit
What Oxford University Hospitals is prepared to do to keep its EU staff
12 Dec 2018
Doctors’ use of phrase ‘acting down’ offends nurses
Medical staff in survey were describing when they undertook nursing tasks
11 Dec 2018
Ruth May is named chief nursing officer for England
She will take her place on the newly formed NHS Executive Group
11 Dec 2018
Scottish government offers to reimburse settled status fees to EU nurses after Brexit
Supply of nursing staff from the European Union is a critical issue for Scotland – Sturgeon
10 Dec 2018
NHS organisations must ‘axe the fax’ by 2020
Fax machines will be phased out to improve patient safety and cyber security
10 Dec 2018
‘Mental health services need to do more to promote black nurses’
Nurses of African or Caribbean heritage should have more career support, review states
07 Dec 2018
Not good enough: RCN’s verdict on pay offer to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland
College consults members on what they want to do now
07 Dec 2018
RCN poll reveals concern that lack of nurses compromises patient safety
Survey of UK public also finds more than half demand more funding for nursing students
07 Dec 2018
