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Health visitors tell parliamentary candidates to ring-fence public health
Health visitors and school nurses are holding a meeting in the Houses of Parliament on...
24 Apr 2017
First nurse chair for British Menopause Society
A nurse has been appointed chair of the British Menopause Society for the first time in its...
21 Apr 2017
Health visitors can help identify domestic slaves
Health visitors are in a good position to spot the signs of those living as domestic slaves...
21 Apr 2017
Campaign helps nurses avoid lapsing from NMC register
A campaign has been launched to help nurses and midwives avoid being taken off the Nursing...
20 Apr 2017
New directors of nursing announced by NHS England
Two directors will help tackle challenges facing the profession.
20 Apr 2017
Group B strep screening 'can cut risk to newborns'...
Routine screening of pregnant women for the bacterial infection can dramatically cut...
20 Apr 2017
Thousands expected at RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair
More than 2,200 people have registered to attend London event
19 Apr 2017
More BME nurses moving into senior positions but many staff 'still suffering in...
Black and minority ethinic (BME) nurses and midwives are continuing to 'suffer in silence'...
19 Apr 2017
More than a quarter of people ignore bowel cancer test results
Figures from an NHS trust show that more than two-fifths of people sent a test kit for bowel...
19 Apr 2017
Number of nurses given hardship payments rockets at start of 2017
The number of hardship grants handed to struggling nurses have soared in the first three...
18 Apr 2017
‘Fight for our NHS’, urge unions and nurses as PM calls election
Prime minister Theresa May has called a snap general election for 8 June.
18 Apr 2017
University partners with trusts to increase nursing student places fivefold
A university providing self-funding nursing student places that have not been commissioned...
18 Apr 2017
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2017: Have your say in Patient's Choice category...
Time is running out to cast your vote in the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse...
13 Apr 2017
Nurse helps create innovative assessment unit
Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.
13 Apr 2017
New fund aims to help nurses improve health of homeless people
Nurses planning projects to improve the health of homeless people will be able to apply for...
13 Apr 2017
RCN poll asks whether members want to strike over pay
RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.
13 Apr 2017
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have not written a will, survey shows
The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less...
12 Apr 2017
Pauline Cafferkey to return to Sierra Leone to seek ‘closure’
Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she...
12 Apr 2017