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• 30th Mar

  
  New state backed insurance scheme for nurses in

  A new scheme is set to come into effect on April 1st that will provide nurses working in GP surgeries...

• 29th Mar

  
  200 000 nurses have quit the NHS since 2010

  The NHS’ staffing crisis has been laid bare with the release of figures that show more than 200,000...

• 27th Mar

  
  Thinktanks call for more nursing training to avoid

  Three major health thinktanks have published a joint report calling for a drastic expansion to nursing...

• 23rd Jan

  
  RCN issues call for pay to catch up with inflation

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has taken part in formulating a joint submission to the NHS Pay Review...

• 16th Jan

  
  RCN in launch of continuing professional

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has joined with other bodies in drawing up a set of principles for further...

• 9th Jan

  
  NHS plan vows to tackle nursing shortage

  The NHS England ten-year plan has acknowledged that the shortage in nursing staff is "unsustainable"...

• 28th Dec

  
  NHS nurses thanked for their Christmas care

  The work done by NHS nurses over the Christmas period has been recognised this year by chief executive...

• 24th Dec

  
  Nursing shortages will still exist in five years

  The current shortage of nurses in the health service is set to last for at least five more years, ...

• 11th Dec

  
  Poll backs extra funding to train nurses

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has highlighted a new opinion poll showing widespread public support...

• 21st Nov

  
  Nurses still the most trusted profession in

  Nursing remains the most trusted profession in Britain, according to a new opinion poll carried out by Ipsos...

• 15th Nov

  
  Parliament to debate student nurse funding after

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has succeeded in getting the question of funding for student nurses...

• 1st Nov

  
  RCN welcomes social care funding but calls for

  More nurses need to be recruited to help make the most of extra government spending on social care announced...

• 24th Oct

  
  Unions oppose regional pay plan

  Health unions have criticised the idea of linking public sector pay rises to regional pay levels, which...

• 16th Oct

  
  RCN calls for immigration health surcharge to be

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the immigration health surcharge to be scrapped for NHS staff...

• 9th Oct

  
  RCN calls for more action to recruit and retain

  The Royal College of Nursing has called on the government to do more to recruit and retain nurses, arguing...

• 25th Sep

  
  RCN calls for new measures to boost student nurse

  The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for new measures to encourage more students to enrol on nursing...

• 18th Sep

  
  Nursing numbers may be boosted by scrapping of non

  The number of nurses coming to work in the NHS after Brexit from non-EU countries could increase, if the government...

• 11th Sep

  
  Call for more nursing student support amid high

  A quarter of student nurses are dropping out of their courses before graduating, new research has found....