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Emilia Clarke

TV's mother of dragons is nursing's latest ally in the fight to raise awareness of staff shortages

16 Apr 2018
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CPIS poster

CP-IS system alerts emergency department staff that a child has contact with social services

13 Apr 2018
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Fitness to practise hearings

Regulator’s ruling body agrees proposal to overhaul how it deals with complaints about nurses and midwives in a bid to settle disputes quickly and move away f

13 Apr 2018
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Practice development charity recruiting its next chair

12 Apr 2018
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hospital meal tray

Quality of hospital food should be enforced by legal standards, says Labour health shadow

12 Apr 2018
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Hospital staff parking charges

Nurses and other hospital staff are expected to pay for parking at 348 out of the 1,175 hospitals, says motoring research charity RAC Foundation 

09 Apr 2018
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University admissions

RCN says one third fewer nursing student applicants in England since tuition fees replaced the bursary in 2016

05 Apr 2018
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Michael Traynor

Resilience, changing nursing roles and financial challenges will be discussed at an international conference of nurse academics

04 Apr 2018
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Voting

Midwives can help keep people who have experienced domestic abuse safe by ensuring they remain anonymous on the electoral roll  

03 Apr 2018
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£120

Nursing and Midwifery Council approved the fee freeze when deciding on its budget for the coming financial year

03 Apr 2018
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Gender disparity
Gender gap in speed different sexes move bands
29 Mar 2018
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RCNi is to provide education and professional development for nurses working for a leading independent provider of health and behavioural care

29 Mar 2018

The RCN is now backing an opt-out system for organ and tissue donation following a survey of members across the UK

28 Mar 2018

An NHS trust has admitted two counts of failing to discharge its duty to patients, including teenager Connor Sparrowhawk who drowned in a bath 

26 Mar 2018
Mixed reaction to three-year pay offer of 6.5%
22 Mar 2018
Nurses in England are set to see minimum pay rises of 6.5%, rising to as much as 29%
21 Mar 2018

The Fitness to Practise process could be about to change, as new proposals from nursing regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Council are under consultation.

21 Mar 2018

Too many children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties are still not getting the help they need, study warns

20 Mar 2018

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