News
Keep up-to-date with the latest nursing headlines. If you know of a news story relevant to nurses that should be covered by RCNi, call 020 8872 3135 or email the newsroom.
College backs domestic abuse awareness training
RCN will lobby for mandatory domestic abuse awareness training for healthcare staff
06 Jul 2016
RCN calls for children to receive CPR training
Children across the UK should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to equip them to...
06 Jul 2016
Watchdog warning boosts nurse numbers at one emergency department
Trust takes on staff to avoid action being taken by the Care Quality Commission
06 Jul 2016
Seven-day GPs reduce emergency department attendances
Extended GP services have had an impact
06 Jul 2016
Policy briefing: Leading Change, Adding Value
Ten commitments in new nursing and midwifery framework explain how staff can transform...
06 Jul 2016
Better access to practice nurses cuts emergency asthma treatment
University of East Anglia research found most A&E admissions for the condition are...
04 Jul 2016
UK awards launched to recognise healthcare support staff
Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health have launched the Our Health...
01 Jul 2016
Nurses falsified emergency waiting times ‘under orders’
NMC panel finds serious misconduct, but won’t take further action because there was a...
01 Jul 2016
Extra nurses tackle staffing crisis at failing emergency department
The number of nurses on shift is being increased at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS...
22 Jun 2016
Emergency department calls for volunteers to knit ‘Twiddlemuffs’
Hospitals appeals for volunteers to knit woollen muffs for dementia patients because it can...
22 Jun 2016
NHS 111 service found ‘inadequate’
Failure to run the NHS 111 service adequately has led to South Western Ambulance Service NHS...
21 Jun 2016
Year-round pressure ‘the new normal’ in NHS
RCN highlights unprecedented burden in recent months and concern over lack of capacity
21 Jun 2016
Children should be taught CPR to save lives
Showing children how to administer CPR 'will save time, money and lives' - congress
20 Jun 2016
RCN members call for mandatory training on domestic abuse
All health care workers should receive training, delegates at congress agree
20 Jun 2016
Seven-day GP surgery pilot leads to fall in A&E visits
Fewer older people visit A&E as government trial seven-day GP surgery service
17 Jun 2016
Senior nurse faces allegations of fixing A&E waiting times
Misconduct hearing for associate director accused of falsifying records
16 Jun 2016
New organ donation law saves lives
Soft opt-out system has increased number of organ donations in Wales
15 Jun 2016