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Staff shortages are preventing nurses from taking breaks
Nursing Standard readers have responded to the Commons health committee report on the...
01 Feb 2018
Nurse education overhaul moves a step closer
Plans to replace nursing student mentors wins support
01 Feb 2018
New survey asks if nurses have enough time for dying patients
Two in three nurses responding to a survey last year felt they had too little time to...
31 Jan 2018
NHS staff to get first chance to buy homes built on surplus land
NHS staff will be given first refusal to buy thousands of affordable homes to be built on...
31 Jan 2018
Guidance on safe nurse staffing aims to improve healthcare services
NHS Improvement says resource will help leaders and staff to deliver effective and...
30 Jan 2018
UK must align with EU medicine rules after Brexit to avoid disruption, health group...
Patients’ access to life-saving medicines and medical devices could be disrupted unless the...
30 Jan 2018
Skills and competencies: new digital career tool for nurses launched to improve job...
Digital career framework tool developed by Health Education England-sponsored Capital Nurse...
29 Jan 2018
Resilience-based clinical supervision model proves successful in helping nurses cope...
A project helping newly qualified nurses to build resilience and cope with the stresses of...
28 Jan 2018
Hundreds have their say in end of life care survey
Nurses and HCAs from all fields and settings urged to share their experiences of caring for...
26 Jan 2018
MPs draw up nurse workforce plan to halt exodus from the register
Commons nursing workforce review highlights pressures stemming from training squeeze,...
26 Jan 2018
UK falls behind rest of the world in nurse numbers, think tank reports
A drop in the number of nurses compared to population size has seen the UK lag behind other...
25 Jan 2018
‘Phenomenal’ feedback following launch of matron calling cards
The calling cards – produced by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust –...
24 Jan 2018
International Council of Nurses starts search for new chief executive
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is searching for a new chief executive to provide...
23 Jan 2018
More nursing vacancies than ever before, report uncovers
The nursing recruitment crisis is deepening with more vacancies than ever, particularly in...
23 Jan 2018
RCN's Josie Irwin urges negotiators to be realistic as nursing pay and contract...
Talks on nursing pay and contract reforms have restarted with the RCN suggesting promised...
22 Jan 2018
Nursing Standard and Marie Curie want to hear from YOU in major survey
Nursing Standard has joined forces with UK charity Marie Curie for a major survey to find...
22 Jan 2018
'Nurse ambassadors' being recruited to boost profession's image...
Chief nurse in bid to improve reputation of nursing and midwifery as desirable careers.
19 Jan 2018
RCN urges members to join ‘NHS in crisis’ rally
Organising groups for London march are calling for better funding and an end to all...
19 Jan 2018