Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Rising numbers of young people in mental health crisis are putting growing pressure on acute services, say nurses at children’s hospitals.
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More than 100,000 people have signed a petition to make it a criminal offence to attack NHS staff.
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A study commissioned by Cancer Research UK has found that nurses do not frequently speak in multidisciplinary meetings relating to cancer care.
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The latest national lung cancer audit found insufficient numbers of patients are seen by lung cancer nurse specialists.
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Hospital staff often lack the knowledge or confidence to care for people with mental health conditions appropriately, according a major new review.
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A report commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support has called for a basic education framework to improve the knowledge of healthcare professionals working with older people with
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An alarming gap between rich and poor is leaving the health and well-being of the UK’s children in jeopardy, according to a major report.
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Guidance has been drawn up to clarify the role of police in responding to incidents involving patients on mental health wards.
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Two neonatal units in Wales are set to benefit from a combined investment of £31 million in neonatal and obstetric services.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) agrees to be regulator for new nursing associates.
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Nursing students with dependents in Scotland are to receive an uplift to their financial support packages following £3 million of extra investment.
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Three quarters of neonatal units in Scotland do not have enough nurses to meet minimum safe staffing levels, according to a charity for premature babies.
Children and young people need to be taught to wash their hands properly in a bid to cut down the risk of infection, according to new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Specialist nurses have created a new bra to promote wound healing in women who have had heart surgery.
Public could be put at risk because the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is unable to carry out checks on soaring numbers of European Union nurses coming to UK, regulator warns.
Staff were put through their paces at Doncaster Royal Infirmary during a new trauma course.
An experienced director of nursing who was hospitalised with depression has publicly shared her mental health battle to help reduce stigma.
The RCN has launched an online tool to help nurses lobby MPs ahead of parliamentary debate on scrapping the 1% NHS pay cap.
