Charity warns of ‘devastating impact’ of £400 million back pay bill for sleep-in carers
Organisations looking after people who have learning disabilities could collapse due to a £...
19 Jul 2017
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NMC reveals reasons why nurses are referred to regulator
Only one in five referrals to fitness to practise proceedings concern patient care.
19 Jul 2017
NMC chief executive received pay rise of almost £20,000
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith received a pay rise of...
19 Jul 2017
Midwives call for more mental health funding for pregnant women and new mothers
There is an urgent need for mental healthcare funding for expectant and new mothers, say...
19 Jul 2017
Vulnerable people being 'let down' by council and care providers...
People who do not have the ability to choose how they are cared for are being 'let down' by...
19 Jul 2017
Support promised for NHS staff who smoke
Part of government plans for 'smoke-free generation'
18 Jul 2017
NHS to recruit 2,000 doctors from abroad to meet targets
The NHS will look overseas to recruit about 2,000 more GPs in order to meet its staff...
18 Jul 2017
University offers nurses trained overseas the chance to join NMC register
Middlesex University helps healthcare assistants to transition to nursing.
18 Jul 2017
Crisis in children's health linked to falling school nurse numbers, warns RCN...
The RCN has warned that children's health is in crisis and called for the role of school...
17 Jul 2017
Nurse with motor neurone disease provides evidence in assisted dying case
Alison Pickard, a nurse with motor neurone disease, has provided evidence to the high court...
17 Jul 2017
Chancellor branded 'out of touch' by Unison over pay comments...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has been branded ‘out of touch’ and ‘insulting’...
17 Jul 2017
Further trust calls for rethink on language tests for overseas nurses
A further trust has added its voice to calls to rethink the language tests required by the...
14 Jul 2017
Women ‘spend a quarter of life in poor health’
Women can expect to spend nearly one quarter of their lives in poor health and men one fifth...
14 Jul 2017
Exclusive: ‘Golden hellos’ could ease recruitment crisis, says peer
Shape of Caring review author Lord Willis says employers need to find ways to attract people...
14 Jul 2017
Long working hours increase risk of developing heart condition, study shows
Working long hours increases the risk of developing a dangerous irregular heartbeat,...
14 Jul 2017
Plans to strengthen NHS against threat of cyber attacks
The government is pledging an extra £21 million for cyber security across the NHS in the...
13 Jul 2017
Charity reveals ‘shameful’ rise in nurses seeking financial help
The Cavell Nurses’ Trust received nearly a third more calls from nursing staff in the first...
13 Jul 2017
Cross-party peers back calls to scrap the cap
House of Lords to debate the public sector pay cap, as cross-party group calls for...
13 Jul 2017