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Run, walk, swim or bake for nurse hardship fundraising campaign
Cavell Nurses’ Trust’s #10KForNurses challenge will help support colleagues in need
05 Aug 2019
Newly qualified nurses more likely to stay if on a structured mentoring programme
Retention in the first year is partly reliant on keeping experienced staff, says RCN
02 Aug 2019
Social care home provider enters into training partnership with RCN
Caring Homes Group to provide development for nurses that work in its homes
01 Aug 2019
Dementia app for BME patients offers culturally tailored support
BME families can experience difficulties accessing dementia support, says Admiral Nurse
31 Jul 2019
RCN Northern Ireland to ballot members on industrial action over pay and staffing
College cites 2,600 unfilled nursing posts and 15% fall in pay over past eight years
30 Jul 2019
NMC receives fewer fitness to practise referrals, but higher proportion struck off
Regulator asks for registrants’ views on proposed new ways of working
26 Jul 2019
Prevent emergency admissions from care homes with dedicated primary care teams, says RCN
Around one in 12 emergency admissions to hospital is for a person living in a care home
26 Jul 2019
Nurse well-being at work survey: we want your views
Let us know what you think about breaks, staffing and work-related stress
26 Jul 2019
Disproportionate number of black African nurses face fitness to practise process
Questions over why NMC sees so many referrals that require no further action
25 Jul 2019
Dear Boris: What readers of Nursing Standard want from new PM
With Boris Johnson about to take office, readers identify nursing issues he must prioritise
24 Jul 2019
NHS reliant on unpaid overtime and goodwill of staff, review body says
Pay Review Body says staff will struggle to cope unless changes are made
23 Jul 2019
Public health green paper published, but ‘buried’, says RCN
Plans include steps to tackle smoking, obesity and mental health issues
23 Jul 2019
Advice for nurses and employers as UK faces heatwave
RCN says staff must have time to rehydrate and take breaks in warm weather
23 Jul 2019
Unpaid overtime and reliance on agency nurses in Wales must stop, RCN says
College briefs government with aim of informing its forthcoming workforce strategy
18 Jul 2019
NMC revalidation data highlights diversity among NHS nurses and midwives
More than one third of nurses in the care home sector were trained outside the UK
18 Jul 2019
What do you want the new prime minister to do for nurses?
We need your views on what actions they should take to benefit the profession
17 Jul 2019
Singing children’s nurse moves viewers to tears in Great Ormond Street video
Patient's mother praises nurse Beth Porch as hundreds respond to moving clip on Twitter
17 Jul 2019
Health and care services reaching tipping point, RCN warns
Nurses take their concerns over the NHS staffing crisis to parliament
16 Jul 2019