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Nurses across the UK campaign for fairer pay

40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign

No need to complete antibiotics course, study says

Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients...

'Act now to stop senior nurses quitting NHS'

Call from RCN on national day of campaigning

New data reveals nurse vacancies

Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions

£16.4 million housing to tempt new nurses

Staff accommodation block to be built at a hospital in Lincolnshire

Majority of cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist, survey shows

A total of 90% of cancer patients were given the name of a clinical nurse specailist...

Extent of emergency services staff with PTSD revealed

The scale of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological problems in the...

First adult nursing course in East London

The University of East London hopes that its new adult nursing course will help to address...

Francis Inquiry lessons risk being lost due to staff burnout, charity warns

NHS staff wellbeing is suffering under the strain of increasing service pressures at the...

Eye care firm offers £1m of laser surgery to nurses, other emergency workers

An eye care company is offering £1 million worth of laser eye surgery to nurses and other...

RCN urges nurses to back its ‘biggest-ever’ rally

College to stage Scrap the Cap rally in September

Concern over falling mental health nurse numbers

A falling number of mental health nurses has been linked with 'increased risk' in a new...

NMC reveals reasons why nurses are referred to regulator

Only one in five referrals to fitness to practise proceedings concern patient care.

NMC chief executive received pay rise of almost £20,000

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith received a pay rise of...

Support promised for NHS staff who smoke

Part of government plans for 'smoke-free generation'

University offers nurses trained overseas the chance to join NMC register

Middlesex University helps healthcare assistants to transition to nursing.

Court rules hospital staff must pay parking fines

Nurses are among Cardiff hospital staff who are ‘devastated’ by decision on parking tickets...

Nurse with motor neurone disease provides evidence in assisted dying case

Alison Pickard, a nurse with motor neurone disease, has provided evidence to the high court...

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