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Hospital parking: trust offers staff incentives to leave their cars at home
Nurses at the Royal Victoria in Belfast face calls to commute by public transport
05 Dec 2018
Nurse-led community-acquired pneumonia screening halves hospital mortality
Acute medical admissions model should be used to ease NHS winter pressures, say researchers
05 Dec 2018
Health visitor role in Scotland given new banding, with salary to match
Re-evaluation agreed with NHS employers will add more than £5,000 to starting pay
04 Dec 2018
Nurses say they value hospital volunteers, but worry about the tasks they’re given
Survey is the first time NHS staff have been asked what they think of ward volunteers
04 Dec 2018
NMC targets diversity with more BME members on panels
Regulator says new appointments increase BME representation, but there is still ‘more to do’
03 Dec 2018
Nurse convicted of defrauding NHS concedes ‘impact on image of nursing’
NMC panel suspends nurse who claimed £20,000 in sick pay while also working for an agency
30 Nov 2018
Revealed: extent of NHS nurse vacancies not covered by bank or agency staff
Every unfilled shift is an operational challenge for the front line, says NHS Improvement
30 Nov 2018
Nurses’ CPD budgets: ‘severity of cuts has been underestimated’
Council of Deans of Health said spending has dropped by as much as 60%
30 Nov 2018
First prison term handed down under law designed to protect nurses from assault
Magistrates use new powers under Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018
29 Nov 2018
English language test: new hope for more than 1,000 foreign nurses
NMC lowers written exam pass, giving nurses who failed test a fresh chance of UK registration
28 Nov 2018
Midwives in Northern Ireland ‘send a clear message’ over pay lag
RCM members in NI vote in favour of industrial action, including strikes
28 Nov 2018
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28 Nov 2018
Scottish safe staffing bill needs more clarity, committee finds
Health and sport committee’s report asks for extra detail on who can decide staffing levels
27 Nov 2018
Antimicrobial resistance: RCN course aims to equip nurses to lead changes in practice
Clinical leadership and infection prevention are at the heart of college programme
27 Nov 2018
Nurses’ charity launches gift appeal as it reveals steep rise in hardship cases
Cavell Nurses Trust says requests for its help have more than doubled in three years
26 Nov 2018
‘Making assumptions about people’s sexuality hinders equal access to healthcare’
More training is needed to support nurses caring for LGBT people, says Marie Curie charity
26 Nov 2018
Study of how doctors recognise imminent death could help inform nurses’ judgements
There's scope to develop the whole multidisciplinary team’s expertise, says Marie Curie UK
26 Nov 2018
‘Nurses need to know clear referral pathways for domestic abuse cases’
Many people won’t call the police, but will visit an emergency department, charity says
23 Nov 2018