Breastfeeding advice: new voice-activated digital app to provide tips for mothers
Breastfeeding Friend digital app developed by Start4Life can be activated via Amazon’s Alexa...
05 Mar 2018
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Philip Graf to succeed Dame Janet Finch as chair of NMC
Philip Graf, a law graduate who has held key roles in the media and government regulation,...
02 Mar 2018
Nurse satisfaction of sufficient staffing rises by 1%, survey finds
Only 1% more health and social care staff in Scotland feel there is sufficient staffing at...
02 Mar 2018
Nurses are going the extra mile despite the snow
Nurses are going above and beyond to get to work during the snow storm
02 Mar 2018
NICE issue guidelines on suicide prevention in community settings
Guidelines for suicide prevention have been set out in an attempt to reduce the number of...
02 Mar 2018
Sustainability and transformation partnerships lose many nurses in maze of '...
RCN gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee stating that one quarter of...
01 Mar 2018
Dedicated staff battle through 'beast from the east'...
Nurses have battled against the 'beast from the east' and Storm Emma to reach patients over...
01 Mar 2018
Nurse numbers fall but senior managers increase, NHS Digital figures show
The number of nurses and health visitors in England has fallen, while senior managerial...
28 Feb 2018
British Social Attitudes survey: Satisfaction with GP services drops to all-time low
Dissatisfaction with the NHS increases to its highest level since 2007 according to annual...
28 Feb 2018
Low ratings of children’s services blamed on nursing shortage
A shortage of nurses and a poor culture of reporting incidents is contributing to the low...
28 Feb 2018
Eye cancer: 1 in 10 children with aggressive form of the disease have a six-month wait...
The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust says 32% of children diagnosed with retinoblastoma last year...
28 Feb 2018
Neonatal services in Northern Ireland struggling to provide safe care, charities say
Neonatal services in Northern Ireland are overstretched and struggling to provide safe care...
28 Feb 2018
Duchess of Cambridge: nurses are awe-inspiring
Duchess helps launch Nursing Now campaign with a call for more nurses to be trained...
27 Feb 2018
Breast cancer report: women face postcode lottery in care services across England
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer find disparities in care services with...
27 Feb 2018
Employers urged to tackle cause of obesity among nurses
Employers should tackle issues in the NHS that contribute to obesity among nurses, according...
27 Feb 2018
'Mother hen' nurse retires – after 66 years in the field ...
One of the UK’s longest serving nurses has finally called time on her incredible career...
27 Feb 2018
Global launch of Nursing Now campaign
Nurses will join with the Duchess of Cambridge and health leaders from across the world...
27 Feb 2018
Why now is the time to have a national conversation on death and dying
A national conversation is needed about death and dying, a leading hospice charity has said
26 Feb 2018