NHS ‘doesn’t deserve more money as it wastes cash on poor care’
The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking...
04 Aug 2017
News
Keep up-to-date with the latest nursing headlines. If you know of a news story relevant to nurses that should be covered by RCNi, call 020 8872 3135 or email the newsroom.
Scottish nurse recognised for contribution to community nursing
A nurse with an interest in person-centred care has won a postgraduate award for her...
03 Aug 2017
Money saved by freezing nursing posts is 'being used to shore up budgets elsewhere...
RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving...
02 Aug 2017
RCN warning over sexual health services
The government is undermining ‘decades of progress’ in sexual health, the RCN has warned...
02 Aug 2017
Radical changes to school nurse role in Scotland leads to resignations
Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of...
02 Aug 2017
Isle of Man nurses to get 2.5% pay rise
Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated...
01 Aug 2017
Nurse MPs clash over pay cap campaign
A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has...
01 Aug 2017
Schoolchildren 'should be taught about breastfeeding'...
Schools should teach children about the importance of breastfeeding, according to new...
01 Aug 2017
New 'six in one' vaccine to be offered for babies...
A 'six in one' immunisation for babies born from today will replace the 'five in one'...
01 Aug 2017
Routine HIV tests for new GP surgery patients is cost effective, study finds
Offering routine HIV tests to people registering with new GP surgeries in high risk areas is...
31 Jul 2017
RCN and NMC hit back at ‘misguided and disrespectful’ newspaper column
The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national...
31 Jul 2017
Pledge for thousands more mental health nurses
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017
Secret NHS cuts will cause uproar once revealed, doctors claim
Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause...
28 Jul 2017
Action plan launched for general practice nursing
England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan...
28 Jul 2017
Industrial action threat over pay ‘very much alive’, RCN warns
The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government...
28 Jul 2017
Nurses across the UK campaign for fairer pay
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017
Trust nurses take part in weight loss trial
Staff volunteers at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have signed up...
27 Jul 2017
No need to complete antibiotics course, study says
Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients...
27 Jul 2017