OBE for Unison head of nursing Gail Adams
Palace date for Unison head of nursing Gail Adams
06 Mar 2017
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Plans for further 2,000 nursing associates in 2018
Health Education England confirms proposals to train more nursing associates.
06 Mar 2017
Nurses among thousands at Our NHS rally
An estimated quarter of a million people joined a march through the streets of London in...
06 Mar 2017
'Struggling' nurses depending on hardship grants to survive, RCN says...
Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN...
06 Mar 2017
Thousands of nurses leave NHS posts to maintain ‘work-life balance’
Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have...
03 Mar 2017
School nurses vital to delivering compulsory sex education, says RCN
The government must get serious about building the school nursing workforce – if sex...
03 Mar 2017
Hospitals will need to meet conditions before cutting beds, warns NHS England
NHS England is clamping down on the closure of hospital beds.
03 Mar 2017
Lobster replaces Welsh dragon on flag to highlight growing skin cancer rates
A lobster replaced the Welsh dragon on flags around Wales on St David’s Day, as part of a...
03 Mar 2017
Nurses urged to address dying patients' spiritual needs...
Nurses and other health professionals caring for dying people should do more to ask about...
02 Mar 2017
NHS on 'burning platform' over patient safety, says CQC...
The NHS 'stands on a burning platform' with four out of five trusts needing to improve on...
02 Mar 2017
Nurses join London NHS march
The It's Our NHS event will see people march to a rally at the Houses of Parliament.
02 Mar 2017
Expectant mothers offered vouchers as part of smoking cessation programme
Young expectant mothers, enrolled in Solent NHS Trust's family nurse partnership, will...
02 Mar 2017
University expands test centre for internationally trained nurses
University of Northampton creates larger testing facility for nurses trained overseas.
02 Mar 2017
'Give EU staff immediate right to remain'
European Union migrants working in the health service should be given an immediate right to...
01 Mar 2017
Some people who are dying do not receive round-the-clock pain relief, research reveals
Freedom of Information requests show a postcode lottery in the level of end of life care...
01 Mar 2017
Nurses may switch to agency work due to deteriorating conditions in NHS
Research also highlights poor relationships between agency and permanent staff.
01 Mar 2017
New Florence Nightingale Foundation chief executive outlines plans for future
The new chief executive at the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is keen to promote...
01 Mar 2017
MPs debate tough action on NHS staff attacks
Assaults on NHS staff in England are on the rise.
28 Feb 2017