NHS staff shortages and skills gap could persist until 2027, new report warns
NHS Pay Review Body says staff vacancies are likely to be the biggest headache for...
04 Jul 2018
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70 of the best: NHS celebrates its most influential nurses
Nursing Standard and NHS England name most influential nurses in 70 years of the NHS
03 Jul 2018
Nurse recruitment campaign launches on NHS’s 70th anniversary
We Are the NHS campaign aims to increase NHS nursing applications by 22,000
03 Jul 2018
Gosport scandal: Dr Jane Barton claims she was ‘doing her best’ for patients
Report finds hundreds of people's lives were shortened by administration of opioids
27 Jun 2018
Social care premium for people over 40 could cover costs of ageing population, say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to consider a 'social insurance system...
27 Jun 2018
Heatwave warning – nurses urged to keep themselves and their patients hydrated
Temperatures in England could exceed 30ºC over the next few days as Met Office raises heat-...
26 Jun 2018
How Good is the NHS? report reveals mixed picture in performance quality
According to new UK analysis by four leading think tanks, the NHS has 'markedly fewer'...
26 Jun 2018
EU nurses must have right to stay if there is no Brexit deal, RCN says
EU nurses’ right to stay in the UK must be guaranteed even if there is no Brexit deal, the...
26 Jun 2018
NHS pay in Scotland: 'the biggest rise in a decade'...
Nurses on AfC offered 9% pay increase – with reform of terms and conditions
25 Jun 2018
‘Blame culture must change to learning culture’ to prevent repeat of Gosport scandal
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt says it is too hard for staff to raise concerns
22 Jun 2018
Gosport evidence: ‘It appeared to me euthanasia was practised by the nursing staff’
Auxiliary at Gosport War Memorial Hospital told police about events on the 'dead loss ward'
22 Jun 2018
Gosport scandal: ‘my mum had to leave her job after speaking up about opioids’
Sylvia Giffin was among the Gosport War Memorial Hospital nurses who tried to act on concerns
22 Jun 2018
Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded
Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...
20 Jun 2018
Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use
Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...
20 Jun 2018
Jeremy Hunt accused of broken promises for delaying social care green paper
NHS funding boost and need to revise spending plans given as reason for social care green...
19 Jun 2018
FtP is about patient safety, not private behaviour, RCN tells regulator
Some outcomes suggest ‘moral policing’, with nurses being held to a different standard,...
19 Jun 2018
Government's NHS funding boost is 'no long-term solution' without social...
RCN and social care leaders call for extra investment to shore up home care services
18 Jun 2018
Acute trusts lift visiting restrictions for carers of patients with dementia
Every acute hospital in England to ease visiting restrictions as part of John's Campaign
15 Jun 2018