Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Research projection shows shortfall of thousands of nurses in the UK.
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Asian and black healthcare staff are significantly less likely to whistleblow than their white British colleagues, research shows.
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A new television documentary is promising to portray the full reality of working for the of the busiest trusts in the NHS.
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Entries for the profession's most prestigious awards accepted until 13 January
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Assistant nurses at a care home in Sweden who worked reduced hours reported higher rates of good health, calmness and alertness.
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Relocation packages worth up to £5,000 are being offered to nurses in London, in an effort to tempt them away from the capital and into Dorset.
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More than 80,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay cap which limits NHS staff to a rise of just 1% each year.
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Nurses are being encouraged to nominate those who have made an exceptional contribution to patient care for an RCN fellowship.
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Opportunity for senior professional to influence chief nursing officer’s work on race equality and inclusion in England.
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The number of NHS staff applying for retirement has surged by 25% over the past four years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
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Leading Mary Seacole statue campaigner and the UK’s only nursing professor of stroke care both made a dame in the new year’s honours.
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RCN president Cecilia Anim is urging nurses to make their voices heard through petitions, branch activism and meetings in their workplaces.
Nurses have paid tribute to George Michael for championing the profession – and recalled how he once put on a concert especially for them.
NHS hospitals are making more money than ever from car park charges, an investigation has found.
The NHS needs to spend more money looking after people in their own homes rather than in hospital, the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England has urged.
A charity pancreatic cancer telephone support line run by specialist nurses has received national accreditation.
Nursing leaders from across the UK have paid tribute to the ‘hard-working and dedicated’ nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.
- Almost 90,000 nurses will be on Christmas Day duty this year, according to health union estimates.
