Hospital at risk as staff struggle to cover mental health shortages
A mental health hospital has been forced to reduce its number of beds because of ongoing...
13 Apr 2018
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Fitness to practise: NMC launches plan to help nurses resolve cases before hearings
Regulator’s ruling body agrees proposal to overhaul how it deals with complaints about...
13 Apr 2018
Foundation of Nursing Studies seeks chair of trustees
Practice development charity recruiting its next chair
12 Apr 2018
Hospitals should be forced to meet minimum food standards – Labour
Quality of hospital food should be enforced by legal standards, says Labour health shadow
12 Apr 2018
Nurses being driven out of London by cost of housing, transport
Rising costs of housing and transport could threaten London’s world-leading hospitals,...
11 Apr 2018
NMC launches consultation on nursing associate role
With 2,000 nursing associate students in training, the regulator wants to explain its...
11 Apr 2018
NHS use of disposable cups is out of control, says Greenpeace
The NHS in England has purchased more than half a billion disposable cups over the past five...
11 Apr 2018
Ban on protests outside abortion clinic agreed by London council
A ban on protestors demonstrating outside an abortion clinic – the first such public spaces...
11 Apr 2018
Video promotes life-saving CPR by using 100 beats per minute hit song
A nurse is leading a campaign in Scotland to encourage more bystanders to carry out...
10 Apr 2018
Gang violence: why all nurses must remain vigilant
The heartbreaking fallout of gang violence is affecting nurses across London, the RCN’s new...
10 Apr 2018
PM to meet nurses, set out new plan to fight prostate cancer
Prime minister Theresa May will meet nurses today to discuss the challenges they face and...
10 Apr 2018
Hospital parking: three out of 10 NHS hospitals in England charging staff for facilities
Nurses and other hospital staff are expected to pay for parking at 348 out of the 1,175...
09 Apr 2018
Loans fiasco may force nursing students to quit
RCN calls on government to write-off loan overpayments to protect over 800 students
06 Apr 2018
Mental health tool for older people launched
An online tool has been launched to help older people worried about their mental health
06 Apr 2018
Nurses in Scotland say Universal Credit is pushing people further into poverty
Staff raised their concerns at the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Conference.
06 Apr 2018
350% rise in nursing student placements in English general practices
Training hubs allow groups of practices to share and plan nurse training
05 Apr 2018
Commissioners that miss mental health spending target will be held to account, says NHS...
Clinical commissioning groups must increase their spending on mental health faster than the...
05 Apr 2018
University admissions: nursing student applications in England continue to fall
RCN says one third fewer nursing student applicants in England since tuition fees replaced...
05 Apr 2018