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Increased demand, sickness absence and high vacancy rates put pressure on staffing budgets

30 May 2018

Chief nurse's message to managers struggling to fill gaps and protect s

29 May 2018

Nurses ‘often feel ill-equipped to step in’ when someone is e

29 May 2018

Health union warns it could ballot members on industrial action 

25 May 2018
‘Big Ideas’ awards offer bursaries for innovation in care

Awards of up to £3,000 open to healthcare professionals working on projects that bene

25 May 2018

Public will accept tax rises for the NHS if they see the

25 May 2018
Scotland publishes new safe staffing bill

No minimum staffing ratio, but care providers must use workload and workforce planning too

25 May 2018

Healthcare workers at elevated risk of contracting flu 

25 May 2018
Chief nurse Jane Cummings to step down

England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings resigns but is expected to remain i

24 May 2018

NMC describes standards, to be implemented by 2020, as ‘ambitious’ desp

22 May 2018

Queen Mary's House in upmarket Hampstead could be converted into luxury flats

21 May 2018

Greater Manchester NHS is an example for the rest of the country, says ex-Labour health se

18 May 2018

Let's look back to start of NHS and do the same for social care, nu

18 May 2018

Governments are failing to use nurse pay and conditions as a lever of wo

17 May 2018

Body cameras can protect nurses, but may undermine patient dignity, RCN

17 May 2018

An RCN league of retired nurses could ensure their knowledge is not lost

17 May 2018

RCN resists congress call to lobby for final Brexit referendum: we'll ga

16 May 2018

Therapeutic relationships need more than just safe staffing, mental

16 May 2018

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