News

Image
Art therapy for older patients

Artists who work with people with dementia can access a handy guide to the condition, thanks to the efforts of a nurse expert.

04 Aug 2017
Image
campaign

A campaigning group of European nurses are set to meet with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to press for the pass mark for English language tests

04 Aug 2017
Image
Carmel Bagness

RCN says nurses and midwives can help make a difference to those at risk from domestic abuse.

04 Aug 2017
Image
Money wasted

The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking central government for more cash, the man leading a

04 Aug 2017
Image
Comforting colleagues

More attention should be paid to helping mental health nurses manage their reactions to verbal abuse, an academic has suggested.

03 Aug 2017
Image
Bucks New University

Bursaries for students starting undergraduate nursing degree courses in England may be history after the scheme was officially scrapped on 1 Au

03 Aug 2017
Image
ing label of chemical container

Bystanders and health professionals can improve outcomes if they act fast

03 Aug 2017
Image
Queen's Medical Centre

Acclaimed BBC documentary series Hospital will be moving location to Nottingham for its next series.

03 Aug 2017
Image
Lynn Weir

A nurse with an interest in person-centred care has won a postgraduate award for her contribution to community nursing.

03 Aug 2017
Image
Shifting budgets

RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving to be damaging

02 Aug 2017
Image
John Radcliffe Hospital

Two wards of inpatient beds at a hospital trauma unit are to be transferred after a report revealed ‘serious and embedded fire safety risks’.

02 Aug 2017
Image
sexual health

The government is undermining ‘decades of progress’ in sexual health, the RCN has warned after new figures emerge illustrating the scale of patient demand in

02 Aug 2017

Mental health and well-being support is being offered to staff at a hospital in Somerset where a junior doctor was found dead.

02 Aug 2017

Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of care in schools have been welcomed by the RCN.

02 Aug 2017
RCN has received reports of nurses being held hostage during recent incidents
02 Aug 2017

A newly qualified children’s nurse is to join the team that saved her life when she was two and inspired her to join the profession.

02 Aug 2017

Highest number of participants signed up to clinical research studies in England last year, new figures show.

02 Aug 2017

The charity devoted to Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole has been shortlisted for a national diversity award.

02 Aug 2017

Jobs