Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Two thirds (67%) of nurses think they have too little time to provide high quality care to dying patients, a Nursing Standard and Marie Curie survey has revealed.
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Involving nurses in new controversial plans to reform England's health and care system will be vital to their success, says the RCN.
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Nurses, social workers and teaching assistants will be among European Union (EU) workers lobbying MPs today, over their right to remain in the UK.
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A nurse has called on health professionals to boycott a new requirement to check patients’ passports.
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Education programmes fail to prepare occupational health nurses for work, survey finds.
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Nurses who smoke should lead by example and quit to help the wider public kick the habit, a leading doctor has urged.
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Plans to transform the NHS in England could lead to cuts in hospital beds and community services, leading nurses have warned.
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More than 700 nurses attended the RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium last week – with some even taking the opportunity to snap a selfie with
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Health service only functions because of ‘superhuman’ efforts of staff, says Mid Staffs inquiry chair.
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A free online resource will help nurses and others without expertise to provide palliative and end of life care to people with a terminal illness.
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Nursing leaders are ‘very concerned’ over what will happen to body that advises on NHS staff safety.
Union says it expects sixth annual survey on nurse-to-patient ratios, overtime and breaks to reveal the strain staff and hospitals are under
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NHS trusts will be legally obliged from April to check if overseas patients are eligible for free care – but unions fear it will further stretch an already buckling health service and risks ‘demonising’ patients.
A mentoring scheme, which reverses the roles of mentor and mentee, could help increase the number of senior BME nurses.
Nearly 2,000 nurses have expressed interest in being early adopters of the RCN’s new ‘credentialing’ process for advanced practice, which will launch in April
Research project will evaluate whether holding a specialist qualification boosts district nurses’ assertiveness.
