No sign of £10,000 ‘golden hello’ promised for some postgraduate nursing students
RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’
17 Aug 2018
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Nursing student numbers in England fall for second year
Reform of nurse student funding appears to be failing to boost staff and student numbers
16 Aug 2018
Government consults on making first aid skills part of curriculum in English schools
Education would include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and dealing with common injuries
15 Aug 2018
Nurses in Scotland to receive mandatory mental health and suicide prevention training
The Scottish government’s suicide prevention action plan aims to reduce deaths by 20%
15 Aug 2018
Learning disability care risks a return to 'bleak Victorian image', RCN warns
There are 2,000 fewer learning disability nurses than eight years ago
14 Aug 2018
Bawa-Garba case: NMC has no plans to review FtP of nurse who was struck off
Bank nurse Isabel Amaro was struck off after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
14 Aug 2018
RCN announces candidates for president and deputy president
Postal ballot will run from 11 October to 14 November
13 Aug 2018
Government sticks to its nursing associates target figure, despite low uptake
Nursing associate apprenticeships are almost 1,500 below projected numbers
10 Aug 2018
NMC lifts restriction on Christian nurse dismissed after discussing faith with patients
Nurse Sarah Kuteh accepts she 'went too far' by giving a patient her Bible, spokesperson said
10 Aug 2018
Agency staff stats reveal ‘unsustainable’ shortage in the NHS, says RCN
Figures ‘expose the untenable short-staffing crisis across the NHS’
10 Aug 2018
Revalidation: sharp rise in NMC registrants failing to meet CPD requirements
Nurses and midwives report lack of time for continuing professional development
09 Aug 2018
Mental health nurse is struck off the NMC register over patient’s death
NMC finds Susannah Ajayi unfit to practise – but points to ‘systematic failures’ at trust
08 Aug 2018
New Zealand nurses accept 12.5% pay offer following one-day strike
Deal includes safe staffing agreement, $2,000 payment and three 3% pay rises for all nurses
08 Aug 2018
Deaths related to the painkiller fentanyl are up by almost one third in a year
Fatalities involving the opioid have rocketed
07 Aug 2018
Care home staff: RCN unveils resource designed to meet your needs
RCN's online tool aims to support nursing staff in care homes
07 Aug 2018
Staff shortages are putting nurses under pressure to work while they are sick, says RCN
NHS sickness absence figures are distorted by 'high levels of presenteeism', RCN claims
06 Aug 2018
RCN backs opt-out organ donor system for England but says more specialist nurses needed
Max's Law presumed consent organ donor system wins RCN's support
06 Aug 2018
Hospital admissions for self-harm among girls has doubled in two decades
Steep rise in hospital admissions for self-harm in girls, but figure for boys remains static
06 Aug 2018