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A campaigning group of European nurses are set to meet with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to press for the pass mark for English language tests

04 Aug 2017
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Carmel Bagness

RCN says nurses and midwives can help make a difference to those at risk from domestic abuse.

04 Aug 2017
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Money wasted

The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking central government for more cash, the man leading a

04 Aug 2017
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Lynn Weir

A nurse with an interest in person-centred care has won a postgraduate award for her contribution to community nursing.

03 Aug 2017
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Shifting budgets

RCN Scotland says that focus on spending cuts and short-term financial planning is proving to be damaging

02 Aug 2017
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sexual health

The government is undermining ‘decades of progress’ in sexual health, the RCN has warned after new figures emerge illustrating the scale of patient demand in

02 Aug 2017
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Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of care in schools have been welcomed by the RCN.

02 Aug 2017
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Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated agreement with unions.

01 Aug 2017
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MPs Karen Lee and Maria Caulfield

A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after agreeing to host a Scr

01 Aug 2017
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breastfeeding

Schools should teach children about the importance of breastfeeding, according to new guidance.

01 Aug 2017
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Vaccine

A 'six in one' immunisation for babies born from today will replace the 'five in one' vaccine, adding protection against hepatitis B.

01 Aug 2017
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HIV testing

Offering routine HIV tests to people registering with new GP surgeries in high risk areas is cost effective and could save lives, a study has shown.

31 Jul 2017

The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national newspaper to complain about the negative portrayal of nurses in one of its columns.

31 Jul 2017
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017

Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause uproar once revealed.

28 Jul 2017

England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan for practice nursing. 

28 Jul 2017

The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government continues its refusal to scrap the pay cap, the college’s general secretary has warned.

28 Jul 2017
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017

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