Plans for further 2,000 nursing associates in 2018
Health Education England confirms proposals to train more nursing associates.
06 Mar 2017
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Nurses among thousands at Our NHS rally
An estimated quarter of a million people joined a march through the streets of London in...
06 Mar 2017
'Struggling' nurses depending on hardship grants to survive, RCN says...
Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN...
06 Mar 2017
Thousands of nurses leave NHS posts to maintain ‘work-life balance’
Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have...
03 Mar 2017
School nurses vital to delivering compulsory sex education, says RCN
The government must get serious about building the school nursing workforce – if sex...
03 Mar 2017
Hospitals will need to meet conditions before cutting beds, warns NHS England
NHS England is clamping down on the closure of hospital beds.
03 Mar 2017
Nurses urged to address dying patients' spiritual needs...
Nurses and other health professionals caring for dying people should do more to ask about...
02 Mar 2017
Nurses join London NHS march
The It's Our NHS event will see people march to a rally at the Houses of Parliament.
02 Mar 2017
Expectant mothers offered vouchers as part of smoking cessation programme
Young expectant mothers, enrolled in Solent NHS Trust's family nurse partnership, will...
02 Mar 2017
University expands test centre for internationally trained nurses
University of Northampton creates larger testing facility for nurses trained overseas.
02 Mar 2017
'Give EU staff immediate right to remain'
European Union migrants working in the health service should be given an immediate right to...
01 Mar 2017
Some people who are dying do not receive round-the-clock pain relief, research reveals
Freedom of Information requests show a postcode lottery in the level of end of life care...
01 Mar 2017
MPs debate tough action on NHS staff attacks
Assaults on NHS staff in England are on the rise.
28 Feb 2017
More than 20,000 allegations of abuse against older and vulnerable people, data shows
More than 20,000 allegations of abuse by home care workers against older and vulnerable...
28 Feb 2017
Exclusive: CNO pledges to improve image of nursing
England's chief nurse to embark on new project
27 Feb 2017
Birmingham Jobs Fair offers chance to join city’s outstanding children’s hospital
Delegates have opportunity to join organisation that has received an outstanding Care...
27 Feb 2017
Charity tells of supporting nurses struggling financially after cancer diagnosis
More than one in 10 people who sought support from a nurse hardship charity in the past year...
27 Feb 2017
MPs to debate calls for tougher sanctions on those who assault NHS staff
The RCN has backed calls for tougher sanctions on those who assault clinical staff.
27 Feb 2017
