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
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‘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
Remote Scottish island seeks new nurse
Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become...
11 Apr 2017
Patients and nurses join forces on app-review website
Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review...
11 Apr 2017
PrEP HIV prevention drug is backed for use in Scotland
Scotland is the first part of the UK where PrEP HIV drug will be availabe on the NHS.
11 Apr 2017
Overseas-trained nurses given extra chance on competency tests
NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and...
11 Apr 2017
Patients need more support to save their fertility, says RCN
The RCN has published guidance to help nurses support patients who are undergoing treatment...
10 Apr 2017
Calls from nurses to financial helpline more than double
A charity providing financial assistance to nurses saw large rise in calls in first three...
10 Apr 2017
Health visitors call for better training to help new mothers who have mental health...
Health visitors believe they need more training to better support new mothers experiencing...
10 Apr 2017
‘Front-line community nurses can help shape policy’
Academic says nurses and health visitors are the ones who interact with the public and...
10 Apr 2017
Government ‘storing up problems’ as mature students shun nursing, RCN warns
Six thousand fewer mature students have applied to study nursing, according to UCAS figures
10 Apr 2017