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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pay deal: what nurses say

Mixed reaction to three-year pay offer of 6.5%

Developing students into 'leaders of the future' is critical for nursing,...

Developing leadership opportunities for nursing students at the beginning of their journey...

Royal attendance at nursing students' graduation ceremony...

Nursing and midwifery students have been sharing their career aspirations with the Duchess...

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%

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...

Ombudsman: workforce shortages jeopardise patient safety

A report, published by The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman highlights the affects...

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...

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...

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...

Ethel Armstrong receives MBE for seven decades of service to the NHS

Ms Armstrong was a nurse cadet when the NHS began in 1948

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...

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...

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