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Don’t be pressured to leave the NHS pension scheme, warns RCN
College says more must be done to market the scheme’s benefits to nurses
03 Jan 2019
RCNi Nurse Awards: BME nurses to be offered free support to enter
Leadership coach will host event for nurses thinking of putting their names forward
02 Jan 2019
‘Thank you to all our members who worked over the Christmas break’
New and outgoing RCN presidents struck by patients’ appreciation of nurses during ward visits
31 Dec 2018
Government reveals plan to make NHS ‘the best place in the world to give birth’
Royal College of Midwives welcomes maternity services package, but ‘not on a shoestring’
31 Dec 2018
Humble and proud: nurses on New Year honours
This year’s New Year honours list includes 27 members of the nursing profession
28 Dec 2018
Nearly half of NHS trusts surveyed in England have increased their car parking charges
RCN says the goodwill of staff will not last forever
27 Dec 2018
RCN to consider strike action over Northern Ireland pay proposal
Department of Health Northern Ireland says it will proceed with its pay plans for nurses
24 Dec 2018
Slump in EU nurses coming to work in London is ‘putting patients at risk’
London has the highest nurse vacancy rate in England’s NHS
21 Dec 2018
Nearly a third of NHS staff fear violence against them, survey finds
One respondent talks of ‘dealing with the chaos when end-of-year festivities get out of hand’
21 Dec 2018
Nurse leaders pay tribute to staff in Christmas messages of gratitude
Nurses praised for their ‘hope, optimism, compassion and enthusiasm’
19 Dec 2018
RCN backs principle of decriminalising abortion
A majority of college members in a UK-wide poll backed removal of criminal sanctions
18 Dec 2018
Unions say NHS trust’s management is jeopardising patient safety
They claim senior team focus more on staff’s hair and sock colour than under-staffing
18 Dec 2018
Survey highlights nurse recruitment crisis in Scotland’s care homes
Respondents say NHS is attracting more staff due to better pay and conditions
17 Dec 2018
Flu vaccine: NHS trusts remain silent on how they manage staff who refuse it
NHS Improvement advised redeployment to ensure patient safety in ‘higher-risk’ departments
14 Dec 2018
NHS strategy targets diversity at senior manager level
Action plan says organisations should set targets for BME representation in leadership roles
14 Dec 2018
Nursing and workforce spending to go up in Scotland
Scottish Government announces budget increase – but warns of challenges to come
14 Dec 2018
Hospitals already at full capacity as winter sets in, RCN warns
Figures reveal hospital bed shortage even before severe winter temperatures set in, RCN says
13 Dec 2018
Study aims to tell ‘real story of nursing’
Research will cover gender, working conditions and what attracts people to nursing
13 Dec 2018