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Nurses encouraged to have flu vaccination ahead of winter
Infection experts are encouraging nurses to ensure they have a flu vaccination to protect...
15 Dec 2017
Scottish nurses to receive 3% pay rise
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay outlines increase in pay for public sector workers...
15 Dec 2017
Health Education England consults on new strategy to address NHS staffing crisis
An expansion of the nursing Return to Practice scheme and a 25% increase in the number of...
15 Dec 2017
'Halt sexual health clinic closures in London until online support is in place...
Pressing ahead with clinics' closures before launch of online service to part-replace them...
13 Dec 2017
BME nurses remain unrepresented at senior level
NHS England Workforce Race Equality Standard report shows continuous but slow progress in...
13 Dec 2017
People living alone more at risk in freezing weather, chief nurse says
Freezing winter weather poses a lethal risk for people who live alone, says England's chief...
13 Dec 2017
More than one thousand people with dementia to spend festive period on a ward
Nurses have revealed fears over the safety of patients with dementia who will be...
13 Dec 2017
Kate Garraway champions nursing in new film
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
UK snow: Nurses defy weather to get to work
Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
Risk of heart attacks, strokes rises after cold snap, NHS England warns
The risk of heart attack and stroke rises immediately after a cold snap, and the number of...
11 Dec 2017
Wales to get 161 more nurse training places next year
Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million...
08 Dec 2017
RCN governing body elect new chair and vice-chair
NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in...
08 Dec 2017
RCN urges better preparations as ‘worst winter’ nears
The RCN is calling for a long-term plan to address the strain on health services in what is...
08 Dec 2017
Hunt calls for multi-year deal on nurses’ pay
Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017
More being helped by talking therapies on NHS
More people with anxiety and depression are gaining access to NHS talking therapies in...
07 Dec 2017
RCN Scotland director to join sleep-out in support of homeless
RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe will join thousands of fundraisers this weekend for a...
06 Dec 2017
Health visitor survey reveals one in three fear being so overstretched that a tragedy...
Health visitors in England fear falling numbers could be putting children’s lives at risk, a...
05 Dec 2017
More nurses having flu vaccination could cut absence rates, study shows
Persuading more nurses and other NHS staff to have the flu vaccination could dramatically...
05 Dec 2017