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RCN appoints interim director of nursing policy and practice

Bronagh Scott will join the college in December for six months

Scotland creates 283 new places for nursing and midwifery students

Boost to bursary and extra places strengthen Scotland's bid to improve nurse recruitment

NHS must tackle shocking inequalities for homeless people, say healthcare workers

Invest more funds and overhaul attitudes, says open letter to NHS England’s chief executive

NMC figures mask ‘severe instability’ of nursing workforce

Despite overall rise in registrants, RCN warns of continuing decline in EEA nurse numbers

RCN moves one step closer to industrial action ballot in Northern Ireland

College is consulting members over possible strike ballot over non-existent pay award

Government pledges to focus on a preventative approach to care

Health and social care secretary’s plan highlights benefits of increasing access to the arts

Potential nurse shortfall of 51,000 in England after Brexit, report concludes

Cavendish Coalition says projected workforce gaps are ‘deeply disheartening’

‘Bring back £1 billion a year in nurse education funding’

RCN campaign urges students to lobby their MPs over post-bursary hardship

‘NHS pay rise should be enjoyed by independent sector and GP nurses too’

Nurses outside the health service but providing its services could be missing out

Charity says urgent investment is needed to curb fall in district nurse numbers

Report from Queen’s Nursing Institute warns that the safety of patients is being jeopardised

Children and young people’s mental health nursing faces a perfect storm, MPs hear

Cuts in education, CPD and school nursing are hampering services, says RCN

Prostate cancer: a nurse’s quest to discover black men’s unmet care needs

Mary Seacole Awards winner will research the care experience of black men

NHS violence reduction strategy aims to protect staff from assaults at work

More than 15% of health service employees experienced violence in the past year

Candidates announced for forthcoming RCN council elections

Postal ballot opens on 21 November

Leadership programme aims to enhance nurse research and innovation

Senior nurses and midwives can apply to improve their professions’ influence

Exhibition explores a century of nursing during epidemics

Pandemic! Nursing 100 years of infection exhibition traces the evolution of nurses' roles

‘Nurses can help prevent hundreds of premature diabetes-related deaths each week’

Diabetes UK says nurses are key to helping people manage the condition and complications

The Budget: mental health services to get an extra £2 billion

Government goal for mental health will hinge on nurse recruitment and retention, cautions RCN

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