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NHS England Workforce Race Equality Standard report shows continuous but slow progress in employing black and minority ethnic nurses at senior levels.

13 Dec 2017
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Freezing winter weather poses a lethal risk for people who live alone, says England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings, who is encouraging people

13 Dec 2017
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Nurses have revealed fears over the safety of patients with dementia who will be unnecessarily spending Christmas on a ward.

13 Dec 2017
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Kate Garraway and Dorcas Gwata
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
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Snowed under
Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
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Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million investment in education and training, adding 161 places across

08 Dec 2017
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Maria Trewern

NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in January – with the aim to speak out and ‘prioritise safe staffing’ – a

08 Dec 2017
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Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017
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Patients are to receive more support from volunteers in NHS hospitals in England, with a new organisation pledging to double their number over the next f

07 Dec 2017
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Health visitors

Health visitors in England fear falling numbers could be putting children’s lives at risk, a new survey reveals.

05 Dec 2017
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Persuading more nurses and other NHS staff to have the flu vaccination could dramatically reduce overall sickness absence rates, a study shows

05 Dec 2017
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Action is needed to address obesity among healthcare staff, with one in four nurses in England dangerously overweight, researchers say

05 Dec 2017

Nominations are now open for one of nursing’s most prestigious accolades, in which patients put forward the name of a nurse who has made a difference to the care of themselves or a loved one – the Patient’s Choice category of the 2018 RCNi Nurse Awards

04 Dec 2017

More funding for nurses' continuing professional development will be found, according to the chief of England's national workforce body

01 Dec 2017

Nursing remains the most trusted profession in Britain for a second consecutive year, the annual Ipsos MORI survey has revealed

01 Dec 2017

Government suggestions that any pay rise for nurses must be linked to improved productivity are insulting, says RCN general secretary Janet Davies.

30 Nov 2017

The Nursing and Midwifery Council says more than 4,000 nurses and midwives have expressed interest in joining its register following an overhaul of English language requirements for overseas nurses.

30 Nov 2017

Regulator says nursing associates will be subject to the same processes as nurses and midwives, so proposes they pay the same £120 yearly fee to register

30 Nov 2017

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