News

Image
Nurses sit in a staff room chatting over coffee

RCN members work to rule, but their protest is scheduled to escalate to full strike

03 Dec 2019
Image
Illustration of figures in a group where two are a different colour

Text from forthcoming NHS People Plan reveals strategy to recruit 10,000 nursing associates

03 Dec 2019
Image
UCAS website

UCAS figures show rise since last year, but college calls for more investment

28 Nov 2019
Image
Boris Johnson sits around a table talking to nurses at West Cornwall Hospital

Staff at West Cornwall Hospital grill prime minister on financial hardship and nurse numbers

28 Nov 2019
Image
Illustration of a nurse writing on a staff rota board, with healthcare assistant and nurse numbers recorded

Health Foundation says HCAs and nursing associates are filling recruitment gaps

28 Nov 2019
Image
Nurses looking for a job

RCN employment survey finds pressures and lack of management support are often to blame

28 Nov 2019
Image
Illustration showing a clockface with a person resting on one of the hands. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation supports nurses napping on breaks during long shifts as a safeguarding principle.

Trust encourages nurses to treat breaks as critical rest time, particularly on night shifts

26 Nov 2019
Image
Prime minister Boris Johnson speaks at a podium, holding aloft the Conservatives' 2019 election manifesto
Conservatives have resisted calls to reinstate the nursing student bursary
25 Nov 2019
Image
Brittany McArthur

Brittany McArthur recognised by university for demonstrating compassion

25 Nov 2019
Image
young woman sits a written test
Regulator plans to abolish time limit on nursing qualifications taken in English
21 Nov 2019
Image
RCN activists protest against the removal of the nursing bursary. They are holding banners saying '#BursaryorBust'

Parties’ parliamentary candidates compete for nurses’ votes ahead of 2019 general election

20 Nov 2019
Image
Picture shows the burning building in Bolton from which students were evacuated, with fire engines in a nearby street. Members of the nursing community have rallied round to help those affected.

Fellow university students and local nursing staff offer support after flats destroyed

19 Nov 2019
Queen’s Nursing Institute calls on next government to invest in staffing
19 Nov 2019
More than 2,000 men had a free PSA test in an event run by volunteers
18 Nov 2019

Parties must clarify use of actors if the audience could be ‘misled’ by their appearance

15 Nov 2019

Jean Higgins ran an early nurse recruitment agency set up for the benefit of the NHS

15 Nov 2019

Inspirational leader Jean Saunders praised for improving healthcare access for asylum seekers

15 Nov 2019

Andrea Sutcliffe says they display a high level of knowledge, skills and competence

14 Nov 2019

Jobs