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Nurses are more likely to take sickness leave if working 12-hour shift patterns, new research shows.

07 Apr 2017
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The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a leaked government projection claims.

07 Apr 2017
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Nurses with ideas for healthcare projects to improve health outcomes of black and minority ethic communities are being encouraged to apply for funding

06 Apr 2017
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Not all patients and nurses benefit from the system on hospital wards known as intentional rounding in which nurses carry out one hourly rounds to improve car

05 Apr 2017
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The RCN is to consult nurses on how it should respond to continuing pay restraint – including whether members should consider taking industrial acti

05 Apr 2017
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Nurses’ influence on policy making is under the spotlight at this year’s RCN International Nursing Research Conference, which has begun in Oxford.

05 Apr 2017
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Report showing nurse, midwife and health visitor numbers rose 1.3% in a year are welcomed by RCN Wales.

05 Apr 2017
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Ministers should review pay policy for nurses and other NHS staff and the impact it has on workforce morale, peers have urged.

05 Apr 2017
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Schools should teach children more about mental health, say parents. 

04 Apr 2017
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More than 200,000 nurses and midwives have completed the new system to check they are fit to practice in its first 12 months. 

04 Apr 2017
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Scrap the cap

College will continue to fight for fair pay for nurses as the 1% pay cap is set to remain in England, Scotland and Wales.

03 Apr 2017
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NHS Improvement has agreed to pause plans to prevent nurses working for an agency if they have a substantive contract

31 Mar 2017

New powers to give warnings and advice on the future conduct in Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases have been welcomed by nurses

31 Mar 2017

Christian nurse sacked by NHS after offering to pray with patients before surgery claims unfair dismissal.

31 Mar 2017
Nurse First aims to attract high-achieving graduates into nursing
31 Mar 2017

The Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) annual registration fee will remain at £120 for the coming financial year, the regulator has confirmed.

30 Mar 2017

Many shifts could remain unfilled after restrictions on NHS staff doing agency work are introduced, early survey results suggest.

30 Mar 2017

Doubts continue despite a statement of reassurance from the government.

28 Mar 2017

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