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EXCLUSIVE: surge in number of NHS staff applying to retire
The number of NHS staff applying for retirement has surged by 25% over the past four years,...
04 Jan 2017
Board game helps hone new nurses’ skills
New nurses and students are learning about management skills thanks to a board game...
04 Jan 2017
Resource update: cultural competency
Read our guide to a new e-learning tool which helps health professionals understand the...
03 Jan 2017
Nursing professor made dame in honour's list calls for improvements in stroke care
The only nursing professor of stroke care in the UK is among nurses in the new year honours...
03 Jan 2017
Nurse-led clinic reports 'significant' fall in HIV diagnoses
A nurse-led sexual health clinic has reported a 'significant' 40% fall in HIV...
03 Jan 2017
Barcoding medication and replacement hips ‘could save NHS £1 billion’
Replacement hips and breast implants are to have barcodes as part of an NHS scheme to reduce...
03 Jan 2017
Nurses’ achievements recognised in new year’s honours
Leading Mary Seacole statue campaigner and the UK’s only nursing professor of stroke care...
30 Dec 2016
Nurses tell of how furry friends can improve patient health
Nine out of ten nurses believe animals can improve the health of patients with depression...
30 Dec 2016
Nurses must work together to make voices heard, urges RCN president
RCN president Cecilia Anim is urging nurses to make their voices heard through petitions,...
30 Dec 2016
Community nurse and GP caseloads mean no time for chronic disease management, warns top...
Community nurses and GPs will spend so much time ‘firefighting’ urgent cases this winter...
29 Dec 2016
Mother and son lobby to use drug company fines to fund specialist epilepsy nurses
A mother and son who both have epilepsy are petitioning the UK government to fund a ‘new...
29 Dec 2016
From free concerts to £5k tips
Nurses have paid tribute to George Michael for championing the profession – and recalled how...
28 Dec 2016
Hospital parking nets more than £120 million for NHS trusts
NHS hospitals are making more money than ever from car park charges, an investigation has...
28 Dec 2016
NHS must focus on home care, says England’s chief nurse
The NHS needs to spend more money looking after people in their own homes rather than in...
28 Dec 2016
Nurse brings forward retirement after £1m Christmas lottery win
A nurse who ended a night shift by discovering she’d won £1 million celebrated her early...
23 Dec 2016
Dementia nursing services facing axe in two regions
Specialist dementia care being withdrawn due to financial pressures.
23 Dec 2016
Royal College of Midwives ‘extremely disappointed’ by lack of DH response to midwifery...
RCM has attacked the government for failing to publish the response to its summer...
23 Dec 2016
Nurses pay down by £2,619 in five years, research shows
Nurses and emergency staff working over Christmas have seen their pay plummet by up to 9%...
23 Dec 2016