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Petition to save Department of Health nurse advisers
Plans to axe nursing, midwifery and allied health professions policy unit condemned by...
23 Jun 2016
Nurses' health 'at risk' by being priced out of housing ...
Staff forced to move far from workplace to find accommodation, RCN congress hears
23 Jun 2016
Centenary debate focuses on RCN members
Members should be the focus of the next 100 years of the RCN, congress decides.
22 Jun 2016
Vote remain, says Royal College of Midwives
Royal College of Midwives' chief executive Cathy Warwick says remain vote would mean...
22 Jun 2016
Holistic care is the gold standard, nurses told
RCN congress reach consensus on how holistic care is best achieved
22 Jun 2016
Extra nurses tackle staffing crisis at failing emergency department
The number of nurses on shift is being increased at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS...
22 Jun 2016
Seacole backlash is ‘storm in a bed pan’
The artist behind the controversial Mary Seacole statue has responded to criticism
22 Jun 2016
Clarity needed on future of nurse advisers
Health committee chair tables a number of questions for the Department of Health
22 Jun 2016
RCN council promises to investigate nursing associate role
Council chair responds to debate on whether the new role should be registered
22 Jun 2016
Emergency department calls for volunteers to knit ‘Twiddlemuffs’
Hospitals appeals for volunteers to knit woollen muffs for dementia patients because it can...
22 Jun 2016
Cuts to the public health budget condemned as short sighted by nurses
RCN council to insist that the government reinstates adequate funding for public health
21 Jun 2016
Nurse-led cervical screening programme a success
Nursing staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can have on-site screening at...
21 Jun 2016
Call to ensure district nurses 'become assertive and influential' leaders...
RCN congress resolution to bolster district nurses' qualifications passed with majority vote
21 Jun 2016
Unsocial hour payments 'will probably go', warn nurses at RCN congress...
Maura Buchanan issues warning when speaking at the RCN congress debate on 7-day care
21 Jun 2016
Nurses criticise plans to axe government's nursing policy unit...
RCN will urge health secretary Jeremy Hunt to reconsider plans to scrap DH nursing experts
21 Jun 2016
Congress votes not to lobby for individual CPD training budgets
Nurses felt a need for more money to help revalidate
21 Jun 2016
NHS 111 service found ‘inadequate’
Failure to run the NHS 111 service adequately has led to South Western Ambulance Service NHS...
21 Jun 2016
Year-round pressure ‘the new normal’ in NHS
RCN highlights unprecedented burden in recent months and concern over lack of capacity
21 Jun 2016