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• 31st May

  
  Reduction in tuition fees will not benefit

  The UK government has recently produced an independent report of post-18 education and funding in England,...

• 30th May

  
  Nurses call for improved sepsis training

  Sepsis is a preventable condition, yet according to the UK Sepsis Trust between 1,000 and 4,000 children...

• 22nd May

  
  New report identifies main barriers to a nursing

  Getting talented young people into nursing is a key way to improve the profession; however, there are several...

• 22nd May

  
  Student nurses want to learn more about research

  The main responsibility for all universities offering nursing degrees is to prepare students to deliver...

• 16th May

  
  International event highlights nurses’

  Nurses and midwives are crucial aspects of healthcare systems around the world, and a new conference...

• 25th Apr

  
  NMC highlights need for learning disability and

  The Department for Health and Social Care has recently announced that its consultation on training health...

• 19th Apr

  
  Nurse understaffing putting patients at risk

  It has been more than six years since the Francis Report was published, in which the dangers of understaffing...

• 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...