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RCN backs opt out organ donation, following survey results
The RCN is now backing an opt-out system for organ and tissue donation following a survey of...
28 Mar 2018
Specialist nurses under growing pressure to help patients with disability claim benefits
Survey shows 90% of MS nurses help patients make benefit applications, often in their own...
27 Mar 2018
NHS retention: more needs to be done to retain new wave of nurses
Too much emphasis has been placed on retaining nurses eligible for retirement rather than...
26 Mar 2018
Government set to announce 3,000 extra midwifery training places
Jeremy Hunt will also pledge that pregnant women will be treated by the same midwives...
26 Mar 2018
Trusts set example of good practice with review of misleading job titles
A small number of NHS trusts in England are reviewing job titles for their nursing and...
23 Mar 2018
Care home nurses set to benefit from on-site pharmacists
Nursing and care home staff have welcomed plans to introduce on-site pharmacists to help...
23 Mar 2018
Developing students into 'leaders of the future' is critical for nursing,...
Developing leadership opportunities for nursing students at the beginning of their journey...
22 Mar 2018
Royal attendance at nursing students' graduation ceremony...
Nursing and midwifery students have been sharing their career aspirations with the Duchess...
22 Mar 2018
Pay to finally increase – if deal is agreed across England
Nurses in England are set to see minimum pay rises of 6.5%, rising to as much as 29%
21 Mar 2018
Fitness to Practise process to change, proposals from NMC suggest
The Fitness to Practise process could be about to change, as new proposals from nursing...
21 Mar 2018
Ombudsman: workforce shortages jeopardise patient safety
A report, published by The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman highlights the affects...
21 Mar 2018
Nurses help spark improvements to trust placed in special measures by Care Quality...
Nurse-led innovation has been credited with helping turn around a struggling NHS trust in...
20 Mar 2018
Infant mortality rate: increase in England and Wales between 2015 and 2016
Office for National Statistics data from 2016 reveals that despite the recent increase, the...
20 Mar 2018
Report suggests not enough being done to help children with speech and language issues
Too many children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties are...
20 Mar 2018
Ethel Armstrong receives MBE for seven decades of service to the NHS
Ms Armstrong was a nurse cadet when the NHS began in 1948
19 Mar 2018
Former nurse spends six days in hospital corridor, highlighting pressures NHS is facing
Retired MBE nurse spends six days awaiting treatment in a hospital corridor, demonstrating...
19 Mar 2018
Two years into the Five Year Forward View has progress been made?
Two years into the Five Year Forward View, one of England's most senior mental health nurses...
19 Mar 2018