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Student covers cost of nursing degree through Instagram appeal
Crowdfunding plea raises thousands after failed attempt to get student loan
19 Apr 2021
Blood disorder crisis must be treated ‘as urgently as cardiac arrest’
Sickle cell awareness vital, specialist says, after coroner finds patient received wrong care
16 Apr 2021
Union ballots open as nurses in Scotland vote on proposed 4% pay deal
RCN Scotland and GMB urge NHS staff to reject Scottish Government offer
16 Apr 2021
Beauty company backtracks after refusing to treat nurses working with COVID-19 patients
Benefit Cosmetics UK apologises and changes policy after provoking backlash on social media
15 Apr 2021
Nurses want safe staffing law extended to care homes and the community
Safe staffing is most pressing health issue for the next Welsh parliament, RCN survey finds
15 Apr 2021
Your nurse’s uniform: is a national, standardised design a good idea?
NHS consults nurses in England about consistency of uniform design
14 Apr 2021
Government launches consultation on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for care home staff
Unison warns that staff could leave if a heavy-handed approach is taken
14 Apr 2021
End of life care at home: the front line forgotten in the pandemic
Hospice and community-based nursing care deserves more recognition and funding – Marie Curie
13 Apr 2021
Overseas nurses granted free automatic visa extensions
Eligible staff and their dependents to receive extra year as COVID-19 response continues
13 Apr 2021
Scottish pay deal: Unison advises nurses to accept 4% offer
Union urges members to vote for the deal while RCN and GMB hold out for bigger increase
12 Apr 2021
COVID-19 vaccine: nursing staff outside the NHS in longer wait for second jab
Gap in coverage between nurses working for the NHS and those in other sectors
10 Apr 2021
COVID-19: nurses’ video urges peers to ‘protect your patients’ and get vaccine
Nursing team also address concerns among people from minority ethnic backgrounds
09 Apr 2021
Pioneering safe staffing whistleblower nurse dies aged 91
Graham Pink's campaigning helped establish the protections whistleblowers receive today
08 Apr 2021
Candidates announced for 2021 RCN presidential election
Voting to take place via postal ballot and greater social media use permitted in campaigning
08 Apr 2021
Nurse training and education standards: is there anything you’d like to see change?
NMC survey asks for your views on issues including minimum entry requirements
07 Apr 2021
RCN urges nurses to help achieve UN’s goals on health and the environment
College marks World Health Day with call to support sustainable development goals
07 Apr 2021
Friend of nurse who died of COVID-19 wins nursing scholarship in her memory
Award will help clinical support worker to realise her career ambition to qualify as a nurse
06 Apr 2021
Scottish pay deal: unions advise nurses to reject 4% offer
RCN recommends members vote against it as GMB Scotland calls for 15% rise
06 Apr 2021