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NHS pay deal: RCN pledges independent review over confusion
Petition submitted to RCN amid anger over how some members say it promoted NHS pay deal
27 Jul 2018
RCN welcomes decision to allow medicinal cannabis prescribing
Guidance on prescribing, and which conditions it can be used to treat, will follow
27 Jul 2018
Dehydrated nurses in hot weather are a patient safety issue, RCN warns
College says that staff must take breaks and have access to water throughout shifts to avoid...
26 Jul 2018
RCN guidance aims to help nurses protect domestic abuse survivors' ability to vote...
Guidance explains how to attest to an individual's right to electoral roll anonymity
26 Jul 2018
Public ‘want EU nurse recruitment to continue post-Brexit’
Regardless of how they voted in referendum, most people want EU nurses to stay, poll shows
26 Jul 2018
NHS pay deal: RCN general secretary issues extraordinary personal apology
NHS pay deal amounts to less than nurses were promised, says RCN
25 Jul 2018
Number of overseas nurses registering in the UK is going up
NMC credits registration reforms for recent boost to the UK workforce
25 Jul 2018
Human papillomavirus vaccine to be offered to boys in England
HPV vaccine programme for adolescent boys aims to cut incidence of related cancers
25 Jul 2018
NMC appoints interim chief executive
Former head of St John Ambulance Sue Killen takes over from Jackie Smith
24 Jul 2018
Government launches consultation on physical and mental health education
RCN welcomes proposals, but warns about lack of school nurses to help students with...
24 Jul 2018
NHS trusts set to trial settlement process for European nurses
Digital applications mean EU workers in UK could be granted settled status
23 Jul 2018
New York nurses receive $20.8 million settlement for gender discrimination
City of New York concedes that nurses can retire early due to ‘physically demanding’ role
20 Jul 2018
HPV vaccination programme to be extended to boys in Scotland and Wales
Adolescent boys will have vaccine to offer protection from HPV-related disease and cancers
19 Jul 2018
MP voices concern for CPD cuts in bid to improve staff retention
Department of health and social care to look at recommendations addressing CPD cuts
18 Jul 2018
Call for nurses to ‘do 10,000 of anything’ to help colleagues in need
#10kForNurses campaign supports staff experiencing hardship
18 Jul 2018
‘Measles outbreaks make MMR vaccination vital before visiting Europe’
RCN warns that young adults who missed the vaccine in the 1990s could be at risk
18 Jul 2018
Two nurses sentenced for defrauding NHS
Two nurses have been sentenced after admitting defrauding the NHS in separate incidents
17 Jul 2018
Rules eased on overseas nurses retaking exam
Overseas nurses will only have to retake the part of a competency exam they fail
17 Jul 2018