Boost to social care in Spring Budget Social care will receive an additional £2 billion over the next three years, chancellor Phillip ...
Financial pressures affecting district nursing A shortage of resources for district nurses is harming patient care, a report from the King’s Fund ...
New chair of RCN congress BJ Waltho will lead the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Congress in May, taking over from Stuart ...
New figures reveal extent of NHS staffing crisis The true scale of the shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives in England has been revealed by NHS ...
Initial findings from pay deal review released An independent external review found a ‘lack of leadership’ in the RCN when enforcing a ...
RCN council to step down after members' vote of no confidence The RCN Council will step down following a vote of no confidence at an extraordinary general ...
Chief nursing officer for England to retire Professor Jane Cummings will retire as England’s chief nursing officer later this year
RCN: Council elections open Members of the RCN will have until 4.30pm on Friday 19 July to put themselves forward for election ...
NHS morale is ‘heartbreaking’ says Matt Hancock Matt Hancock will give his first speech since taking the job of health secretary and will emphasise ...
Lead nurses cast concerns over health visiting service Cuts to local authority budget cuts could reverse the progress made by the health visitor ...
'Disappointingly slow' progress on community learning disability provision Hospital admissions for people with learning disabilities have increased despite government ...
UK heading for a major nursing shortage A third of nurses intend to retire in the next 10 years, and with a lack of nurses being trained, ...
Nurse associate role will not be a 'quick fix' for the NHS Nurse associates will not be a 'quick fix' for 'current and looming nurse shortages' finds a new ...
Reforms to pay would boost practice nursing workforce Nurses working in general practice should have a similar pay structure to community and acute ...
Government urged to change immigration rules for nurses Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, has asked the Home Office to reconsider its ...
Gap between living cost and wages across UK ‘widening’ for nurses Government recommendations to raise NHS employees’ pay by 1% has been called a ‘bitter blow to ...
Two thirds of people willing to pay more tax to fill gaps in NHS funding Some spending in the NHS may be delayed or cancelled to meet financial targets
'We cannot afford to lose them': Government called to keep on EU nurses The government should be concerned about post-Brexit uncertainty in its workers from the EU, ...
General election 2017: PM blames 'complex reasons' for nurses using food banks There are ‘many complex reasons’ why nurses might be forced to use food banks, according to Theresa ...
'Nurse First' initiative to encourage grads into nursing announced A new programme to attract high-achieving graduates into a nursing career has been announced by NHS ...
'Bitter disappointment' as MPs vote to keep the pay cap MPs rejected an amendment to the Queen’s speech which would have seen the public sector pay cap ...
Nurses' pay stagnates at same level since 2005 Nurses’ pay has stagnated for over a decade, according to a report on public sector pay from the ...
Lords and midwives join calls to 'scrap the pay cap' Cross-party members of the House of Lords have called on Theresa May to end the pay cap on nurses’ ...
Students turn away from nursing as applications fall 'dramatically' Nursing recruitment has taken another blow as UCAS reports a drastic fall in the number of ...
Children 'trapped' in hospital by lack of mental health care Lack of provision in primary care is leaving children with mental health problems stuck in hospital