News
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Healthwatch England: too few care homes getting the basics right
Too many care homes are under so much pressure that they are not 'getting the basics right...
10 Aug 2017
Cavell Nurses' Trust aims to raise £10,000 in one month for nurses in need...
The charity supports nurses experiencing hardship.
09 Aug 2017
UK supply of hepatitis B vaccine ‘severely affected’ by global shortages
Global shortages of the hepatitis B vaccine have ‘severely impacted UK supply’, health...
09 Aug 2017
Plans for more nurse training places
10,000 additional training places for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
09 Aug 2017
Abuse of mental health patients is increasing, figures suggest
Investigations into abuse of mental health patients have almost doubled in three years,...
07 Aug 2017
Coventry University offers bursaries to encourage more men into nursing
Bursary aims to address gender imbalance on courses.
04 Aug 2017
EU campaign nurses to meet NMC on language tests
A campaigning group of European nurses are set to meet with the Nursing and Midwifery...
04 Aug 2017
NHS ‘doesn’t deserve more money as it wastes cash on poor care’
The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking...
04 Aug 2017
Mental health nurses who endure verbal aggression need better support
More attention should be paid to helping mental health nurses manage their reactions to...
03 Aug 2017
Money saved by freezing nursing posts is 'being used to shore up budgets elsewhere...
RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving...
02 Aug 2017
Hospital trauma beds relocated amid ‘serious’ cladding and fire safety concerns
Two wards of inpatient beds at a hospital trauma unit are to be transferred after a report...
02 Aug 2017
Isle of Man nurses to get 2.5% pay rise
Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated...
01 Aug 2017
Nurse MPs clash over pay cap campaign
A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has...
01 Aug 2017
#EDFit2Sit drive helps ED patients stay active
Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
01 Aug 2017
RCN and NMC hit back at ‘misguided and disrespectful’ newspaper column
The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national...
31 Jul 2017
Nurse retires after almost six decades working for the NHS
Nurse Shirley Hannan has retired after 57 years working for the NHS.
31 Jul 2017
Pledge for thousands more mental health nurses
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017
Secret NHS cuts will cause uproar once revealed, doctors claim
Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause...
28 Jul 2017