RCN launches tool to help nurses lobby MPs ahead of pay debate
The RCN has launched an online tool to help nurses lobby MPs ahead of parliamentary debate...
23 Jan 2017
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Nursing associate regulation could cost £4 million to set up, says NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has set out the benefits and risks of regulating nursing...
20 Jan 2017
New guide for health professionals on helping patients use inhalers correctly
New standards have been published to guide nurses helping asthma patients after statistics...
20 Jan 2017
Target university freshers to halt spread of meningitis, say researchers
A campaign aimed at first-year university students significantly boosted immunisation rates...
19 Jan 2017
Pay cap could see nurse pay fall by thousands in real terms by 2020
Trades Union Congress analysis of public sector pay restraint reveals bleak picture for...
19 Jan 2017
More staff are working without breaks, claims RCN
Some nurses working up to 12 hours without a break, food, or even a glass of water
19 Jan 2017
Older people with HIV face discrimination and ‘fragmented care’
Better training is needed for health and social care staff to improve care for people aged...
19 Jan 2017
Academic calls for wider access to suicide prevention training for nurses
A nurse academic with a family experience of suicide has called for all nurses to undergo...
18 Jan 2017
Nurses urged to lobby MPs to attend NHS pay debate
A parliamentary debate on scrapping NHS pay caps will take place at the end of this month...
18 Jan 2017
Nurse pay looks set for parliamentary debate
Petition tops 100k signatures after nurses lose 14% in real terms
17 Jan 2017
Department of Health backs overhaul of the NMC’s fitness to practise process
Fundamental changes to the NMC’s legal framework could speed up fitness to practise cases.
12 Jan 2017
Nottinghamshire trust shelves plans to axe 60 health visitors
The Unite union opposed plans to cut posts
12 Jan 2017
Baby Box scheme aims to give every child the best start possible
First-time mothers are receiving boxes full of essential items for their babies, which can...
11 Jan 2017
Nurses are ‘broken and distressed’ amid winter pressures, says RCN
Staff across the UK are reporting serious concerns about care quality during the worst...
11 Jan 2017
UK faces shortage of 36,000 nurses by 2030, study claims
Research projection shows shortfall of thousands of nurses in the UK.
11 Jan 2017
BME staff less likely to raise concerns in the workplace
Asian and black healthcare staff are significantly less likely to whistleblow than their...
11 Jan 2017
Overhaul of mental health care promised by PM Theresa May
A package of reforms to tackle 'hidden injustice’ and stigma of mental illness has been...
09 Jan 2017
Fast-track nursing degree programme open to applicants
Fast-track nursing degree course in north east England will take on new students in March.
09 Jan 2017