Could YOU be RCN Nurse of the Year 2018?
Last few days to enter the RCNi Nurse Awards, the profession's top accolade, as the February...
19 Feb 2018
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RCN’s Janet Davies warns ‘there is so much to sort’ regarding Brexit’s implications for...
College’s general secretary tells forum that many unforeseen challenges may yet present...
19 Feb 2018
NMC publishes draft list of required nurse associate skills
A list of proposed skills for nursing associates has been published by the Nursing and...
19 Feb 2018
Unions protest against Gloucestershire trust’s plan to transfer NHS staff to subsidiary...
Spokesperson for Unite says 750 staff will ‘face threats to their employment’
16 Feb 2018
RCN launches membership survey on decriminalising termination of pregnancy
The college's UK-wide survey of its members will help to inform its position on the the...
16 Feb 2018
Spike in norovirus cases sees soaring number of hospital beds closed
A spike in cases of norovirus led to more than 800 hospital beds being closed per day in...
16 Feb 2018
New organ donation proposals poised to limit family involvement
Family members could have limited say over loved ones organ donation choices, new proposals...
15 Feb 2018
Reassurance is a must for EU nurses and carers ahead of Brexit
More needs to be done to reassure thousands of nurses and carers about their right to remain...
14 Feb 2018
RCN Congress to discuss recruitment and retention
... And should nurses be allowed to carry water bottles
14 Feb 2018
Many patients failing to receive follow-up care after dementia diagnosis, charity says
A large number of patients are failing to receive the follow-up care they are entitled to...
13 Feb 2018
Nurses revealed to be leading producers of NHS waste
Nursing teams would benefit the most from NHS trusts employing dedicated specialist waste...
12 Feb 2018
RCN criticises ‘short-sighted’ move to scrap bursary for postgraduate nursing students
College says the government ‘seems hell-bent on reducing the supply of talent into nursing’
12 Feb 2018
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2018 – deadline for entries extended to 23 February
RCNi Nurse Awards - entry deadline extended
08 Feb 2018
Social care England: report slams ‘Cinderella service’ and says DH not doing enough to...
The National Audit Office report into the adult social care workforce in England says...
08 Feb 2018
Flu vaccine: people over 65 years of age to be offered booster jab for the 2018-19...
NHS England and Public Health England outline newly licenced ‘adjuvanted trivalent’ vaccine...
07 Feb 2018
Anger from nurses as NMC votes itself a raise
Council should reduce registration fees not increase its members’ allowances, say unions
06 Feb 2018
Public Health England: compelling evidence on e-cigarette prescriptions for NHS patients
Public Health England has said hospitals should sell e-cigarettes to patients and GPs could...
06 Feb 2018
QNI launches resource to inform nurses and students about care home nursing
The complexity of care home nursing has been outlined and championed in a new resource pack...
05 Feb 2018