Protection ‘top priority' when fabricated child illness suspected...
School nurse conference told authorities often focus on the reasons parents fake illness in...
30 Aug 2016
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Warning over school nurse numbers
RCN highlights that the number of school nursing post has fallen by 13% since 2010
25 Aug 2016
Funding to curb use of police cells as place of safety for mental health crises...
The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being used as...
24 Aug 2016
Nurses' sickness absence rates almost four times higher than doctors
New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates across...
24 Aug 2016
£5 million fund to improve support for mental health support for new and expectant...
A £5million fund for perinatal mental health services has been announced as the first step...
19 Aug 2016
Scrapping student bursary risks future mental health nursing workforce, report warns
Plans to scrap student bursaries risk worsening a recruitment crisis in mental health...
19 Aug 2016
First two regional chief nurses appointed by NHS Improvement and NHS England
Two senior nurses have been appointed to unite the work of the clinical commissioning group...
18 Aug 2016
Suicide and mental health
'Lack of contact' with mental health services for people who take their own life
16 Aug 2016
Exercise 'helps people with schizophrenia'
Running on a treadmill 'can improve brain function'
16 Aug 2016
Practice nurses and other primary care workers ‘worrying’ stress levels, poll finds
Nearly nine in ten practice nurses, GPs and other primary care workers find their work life...
12 Aug 2016
Nurses ‘falling asleep at the wheel’ after gruelling shifts
Nurses have laid bare the dangers of driving home after long shifts.
12 Aug 2016
Scottish students race to get last remaining nursing places north of the border
A small number of places on nursing degrees in Scotland are still available through clearing.
11 Aug 2016
Improve care for prisoners with dementia, RCN urges
The RCN has called for improved care for prisoners with dementia after a watchdog revealed...
04 Aug 2016
Maternity clinic for survivors of rape and sexual assault opens
A maternity clinic for survivors of rape has opened its doors at the Royal London Hospital.
02 Aug 2016
MPs launch inquiry into suicide prevention
Commons health select committee seeks opinions on services in England
25 Jul 2016
£12 million funding boost for mental health assessments in custody
Funding will expand liaison and diversion services in England
22 Jul 2016
Sepsis 'as urgent as a heart attack', says NICE guidelines...
New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptoms
22 Jul 2016