Band 7 nurse is removed from the register over revalidation inaccuracy
Lesley Pollero claimed she had a reflective discussion with her line manager
20 Aug 2018
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Community nurses have ‘essential role’ to help end rough sleeping, reveals QNI survey
Charity highlights street-based nursing care initiative to improve the health of the homeless
20 Aug 2018
Nurse's death by suicide should serve as warning to profession...
Toxic workplace and 'put up and shut up' culture still pervades the NHS
20 Aug 2018
Nurses should not be replaced by less qualified staff, says ICN
International Council of Nurses warns that use of under-qualified staff can affect patient...
17 Aug 2018
RCN urges university students to get meningitis jab before term starts
First-year students are at elevated risk of meningococcal infection
17 Aug 2018
RCN, unions and Scottish Government agree pay increase of at least 9% for nurses
Deal leaves nurses in Scotland ‘significantly better paid’ than those elsewhere in the UK
17 Aug 2018
No sign of £10,000 ‘golden hello’ promised for some postgraduate nursing students
RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’
17 Aug 2018
Nursing student numbers in England fall for second year
Reform of nurse student funding appears to be failing to boost staff and student numbers
16 Aug 2018
Government consults on making first aid skills part of curriculum in English schools
Education would include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and dealing with common injuries
15 Aug 2018
Nurses in Scotland to receive mandatory mental health and suicide prevention training
The Scottish government’s suicide prevention action plan aims to reduce deaths by 20%
15 Aug 2018
Learning disability care risks a return to 'bleak Victorian image', RCN warns
There are 2,000 fewer learning disability nurses than eight years ago
14 Aug 2018
Bawa-Garba case: NMC has no plans to review FtP of nurse who was struck off
Bank nurse Isabel Amaro was struck off after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
14 Aug 2018
RCN announces candidates for president and deputy president
Postal ballot will run from 11 October to 14 November
13 Aug 2018
Government sticks to its nursing associates target figure, despite low uptake
Nursing associate apprenticeships are almost 1,500 below projected numbers
10 Aug 2018
NMC lifts restriction on Christian nurse dismissed after discussing faith with patients
Nurse Sarah Kuteh accepts she 'went too far' by giving a patient her Bible, spokesperson said
10 Aug 2018
Agency staff stats reveal ‘unsustainable’ shortage in the NHS, says RCN
Figures ‘expose the untenable short-staffing crisis across the NHS’
10 Aug 2018
Revalidation: sharp rise in NMC registrants failing to meet CPD requirements
Nurses and midwives report lack of time for continuing professional development
09 Aug 2018
Mental health nurse is struck off the NMC register over patient’s death
NMC finds Susannah Ajayi unfit to practise – but points to ‘systematic failures’ at trust
08 Aug 2018