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Apply for grant to research nurses’ mental health and well-being
The Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation Grant was set up in memory of a nurse who died by suicide
18 Sep 2023
Lucy Letby to appeal against murder convictions
Lawyers apply for permission to appeal, following nurse’s whole-life sentence
15 Sep 2023
‘General practice nurses need mandatory menopause education to meet women’s care needs’
GPN calls for boost to menopause support in primary care, in light of her own experience
15 Sep 2023
Recruitment and retention wish list: the changes nurses say would help keep them
And you’ve guessed it… pay, safety, flexibility and career progression among top priorities
15 Sep 2023
‘We’ll move quickly’ to implement Martha’s rule, government confirms
Government pledges fast introduction in England, giving patients access to a second opinion
14 Sep 2023
Preventing nurses’ suicides: new toolkit lists warning signs and how to respond
Nurses are seen at particular risk due to work pressure and fear of letting patients down
14 Sep 2023
NHS pay strike: ‘nurses have no intention of staying silent on AfC disparity’
Date of 48-hour strike set as union ramps up pressure in face of health funding squeeze
14 Sep 2023
NHS winter pressures: why aren’t more nurses at the meeting table?
Roundtable has one nurse representative, prompting criticism that meeting is ‘short-sighted’
13 Sep 2023
Nurse fitness to practise cases still taking too long, report says
Positive work by NMC is highlighted but it is told to do more to address FtP backlog
13 Sep 2023
Call for reforms to ‘critically undermined’ pay review bodies
TUC Congress urges change, including limiting the influence of government
13 Sep 2023
Martha’s rule: nurses could be key in helping patients and families get a second opinion
Ministers are looking at Australian care model that puts nurses at centre of process
12 Sep 2023
Trust seeks £1m to ensure future safe nurse staffing levels
Funds will help cope with rise in demand and prepare for safe staffing at two hospitals
12 Sep 2023
Strike law that could see nurses sacked is reported to UN watchdog
TUC lodges case with UN agency over ‘undemocratic’ law restricting strikes by nurses
11 Sep 2023
Letby may face retrial for six attempted murder charges
Jury was unable to reach a verdict on six charges in initial trial
08 Sep 2023
Man aged 102 to attempt record 17-storey abseil for nursing charity
RAF veteran will abseil down side of Royal London Hospital to raise money for RCN Foundation
08 Sep 2023
Nurse in court for ill-treatment and inappropriate sedation of patients
Catherine Hudson is on trial after a nursing student raised concerns
07 Sep 2023
‘Letby case shows why NHS must empower nurses to speak out when they have a gut feeling’
Nurse whose grandson was cared for by the killer says NHS hierarchy stifles concerns
07 Sep 2023
Nurses’ views sought on improving recruitment and retention
Survey feedback will inform improvements to working conditions and nursing vacancies
07 Sep 2023