Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Proposals for England receive warm welcome.
A trust with about 500 nursing vacancies has said it is considering filling some nursing roles with other staff, such as pharmacists or physiotherapists
A new preceptorship framework for nurses working in London has been launched by the Capital Nurse programme.
Regional advisory networks for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) issues are to be established in England in a bid to increase understanding of local concerns.
Eight new guiding principles for establishing district nursing teams have been introduced in Wales.
More work is needed to boost the field of nurse research, says the Council of Deans of Health chair Brian Webster-Henderson.
The RCN will move towards balloting members on industrial action if the 1% cap on NHS pay is not lifted by the November budget.
More than 500 nurses and midwives aged over 70 are practising in the UK, the regulator has revealed.
Around eight in ten members of the public support calls to remove the pay cap and give NHS staff an above-inflation pay rise
English language standards for European nurses joining the register will not be lowered, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has insisted.
The NHS faces a year-round crisis as hospitals deal with ‘unsustainable and unsafe’ bed occupancy rates, a health leader has warned.
Tens of thousands of NHS nurses have taken time off work due to anxiety, stress or depression, a Nursing Standard investigation reveals.
Suggested measures include part-time working and job-sharing.
An exhibition celebriting diversity in nursing is set to open at the RCN next month.
An initiative to train GP receptionists in directing patients to different services if they do not require an appointment with a doctor has been trialled in parts of England.
