Health surcharge bill for overseas nurses in London will near £4 million in 2019
RCN says doubling of fee for using NHS services will deter potential recruits
10 Jan 2019
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Nurses need training in frailty management if the NHS Long Term Plan is to succeed
GPs alone cannot carry out frailty management, says leading nurse
10 Jan 2019
Job flexibility is key to recruiting and retaining nurses, says NHS Employers
NHS cannot improve care if it fails to keep its staff, employers tell pay review body
09 Jan 2019
Jersey nurses to consider next steps after rejecting ‘final’ pay offer
RCN says members demand pay parity with allied health professional colleagues
08 Jan 2019
All schoolchildren to be taught life-saving skills from 2020
RCN says plan will help more people in England survive cardiac arrest outside hospital
08 Jan 2019
Online nursing degrees: the government’s plan for solving the workforce crisis
RCN says NHS Long Term Plan falls short of solving nurse shortage
07 Jan 2019
Can you help identify ‘Nurse Brown from Jamaica’?
Mystery Windrush-generation nurse among the ‘unsung heroes’ featured in exhibition
07 Jan 2019
Social care services cannot take another delay to government's green paper
Independent Care Group chair calls for ‘backstop’ as care homes go out of business
07 Jan 2019
Don’t be pressured to leave the NHS pension scheme, warns RCN
College says more must be done to market the scheme’s benefits to nurses
03 Jan 2019
RCNi Nurse Awards: BME nurses to be offered free support to enter
Leadership coach will host event for nurses thinking of putting their names forward
02 Jan 2019
Government reveals plan to make NHS ‘the best place in the world to give birth’
Royal College of Midwives welcomes maternity services package, but ‘not on a shoestring’
31 Dec 2018
Humble and proud: nurses on New Year honours
This year’s New Year honours list includes 27 members of the nursing profession
28 Dec 2018
Nearly half of NHS trusts surveyed in England have increased their car parking charges
RCN says the goodwill of staff will not last forever
27 Dec 2018
Slump in EU nurses coming to work in London is ‘putting patients at risk’
London has the highest nurse vacancy rate in England’s NHS
21 Dec 2018
Survey highlights nurse recruitment crisis in Scotland’s care homes
Respondents say NHS is attracting more staff due to better pay and conditions
17 Dec 2018
Flu vaccine: NHS trusts remain silent on how they manage staff who refuse it
NHS Improvement advised redeployment to ensure patient safety in ‘higher-risk’ departments
14 Dec 2018
NHS strategy targets diversity at senior manager level
Action plan says organisations should set targets for BME representation in leadership roles
14 Dec 2018
Nursing and workforce spending to go up in Scotland
Scottish Government announces budget increase – but warns of challenges to come
14 Dec 2018