‘Pay freeze has not affected staff morale’ The freeze on pay for NHS staff has not affected their morale, according to Alistair Burt, the ...
Nursing exempt from immigration rules The nursing profession has been temporarily added to the shortage occupation list by home secretary ...
Nursing and midwifery students protest bursary decision Student nurses and midwives marched on the streets of London on 9 January to protest the ...
Government can afford to pay nurses more, says public More than half of the public think that the country can afford to increase nurses’ pay, according ...
RCN celebrates centenary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) commemorated its 100th anniversary on 27 March 2016
Millions of historical nursing records have been digitised More than 1.5 million nurses records from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have been digitsed by ...
Department of Health reinstates nursing position A nursing-specific post will be created in the Department of Health, after the nursing directorate ...
Nurse pay to be debated in parliament A petition to increase the pay of nurses, midwives and allied health staff has reached 100,000 ...
Record number of nurses apply for financial assistance The highest number of nursing staff applied for grants from the RCN Foundation hardship fund in 2016
RCN to hold emergency meeting on pay deal misstep An emergency meeting will be held by the Royal College of Nursing in September in response member’s ...
RCN honours the nurses of the Windrush generation The RCN has paid tribute to the BME nurses who ‘helped to build the health service that we all rely ...
RCN concerned nursing associate role remains ambiguous The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called the results of a nursing associate consultation an ...
More investment in training needed to fix shortage of 40,000 nurses, says RCN Nursing apprenticeships have come under fire from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which is ...
RCN demands ‘urgent action’ on student funding Nursing applicant numbers continue to fall and the Royal College of Nursing have once again raised ...
Female nurses at increased risk of suicide Female nurses are at a significantly higher risk of suicide than the national average, new figures ...
‘Perfect storm’ approaching nursing workforce Changes to immigration rules when the UK leaves the EU, combined with the ageing nursing workforce ...
Over 85,000 sign petition to remove nurses' pay cap A petition to remove the 1% cap on pay for nurses, midwives and allied staff has been signed more ...
Two-thirds wouldn't have studied nursing without bursary Nearly 70% of nursing staff would not have joined the profession if they had to take out a student ...
Over a quarter of staff work unpaid overtime Around 28% of NHS staff work overtime for no additional pay, the NHS Staff survey 2015 has revealed
Low numbers of nurses could harm patient care The UK has significantly lower numbers of nurses as a proportion of the population than other ...
Immigration rules prevent trusts from recruiting nurses Concerns have been raised over the impact of immigration rules on trusts ability to hire enough ...
Primary care services among highest rated in CQC report The quality of care provided in primary care in England is 'particularly high' according to the ...
General election 2017: 'Nursing counts' in RCN manifesto All political parties must remember that ‘nursing counts’ as the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ...
RCN Congress 2017: Nurses can send 'powerful message' to government in RCN chief's speech Nursing is still the best profession in the world, according to the Royal College of Nursing’s ...
'Summer of protest' begins with nurses engaged in nationwide action A ‘summer of protest’ has begun for nurses as the government is accused of ‘trying to run the NHS ...