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Consultation opens into NICE guidance on end-of-life care for children
Guidelines stress the importance of communication and age-appropriate ways of chatting about...
04 Jul 2016
Call for employers to help test controversial nursing associate role
Health Education England looks for partnership sites across England where organisations will...
04 Jul 2016
Better access to practice nurses cuts emergency asthma treatment
University of East Anglia research found most A&E admissions for the condition are...
04 Jul 2016
UK awards launched to recognise healthcare support staff
Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health have launched the Our Health...
01 Jul 2016
Clarity needed on status of EU staff working in the UK, King's Fund warns...
King's Fund sets out five key issues for NHS following EU referendum result.
01 Jul 2016
Nurses falsified emergency waiting times ‘under orders’
NMC panel finds serious misconduct, but won’t take further action because there was a...
01 Jul 2016
Mary Seacole statue unveiled at London ceremony
Culmination of 12-year campaign to recognise Mary Seacole’s work during the Crimean War
01 Jul 2016
RCN calls for lessons to be learned from Bristol review
Review of children's cardiac services criticises unstable nursing leadership and poor...
01 Jul 2016
Unison joins calls for government to abandon bursary cuts
Unison survey finds 72% think bursary should remain.
30 Jun 2016
Nurses could help reduce 'unnecessary' end of life treatment...
Non-beneficial care at the end of life could be reduced by nurses providing more treatment...
30 Jun 2016
Halt 'high risk' student bursary proposals in light of Brexit, RCN urges...
College responds to government consultation on funding
30 Jun 2016
Mary Seacole statue to be unveiled after 12-year campaign
Campaigners have raised more than £500,000 for statue commemorating nursing pioneer Mary...
30 Jun 2016
Extend roles, don't create new ones, urges think tank
Extend roles, don't create new ones, urges think tank
30 Jun 2016
Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy
Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy
28 Jun 2016
NHS in Scotland and Wales has reassured EU nurses that they are still welcome
NHS in Scotland and Wales has reassured EU nurses that they are still welcome
28 Jun 2016
Nurse Victorino Chua to appeal murder convictions and sentence
Nurse Victorino Chua was jailed in 2015 for murdering two patients and more than 20 other...
28 Jun 2016
Top award for nurse consultant Debby Holloway
RCN women's health forum chair Debby Holloway awarded honorary fellowship by the Royal...
28 Jun 2016