News
Keep up-to-date with the latest nursing headlines. If you know of a news story relevant to nurses that should be covered by RCNi, call 020 8872 3135 or email the newsroom.
RCN launches updated guidance on infusion therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
People with eating disorders ‘sent to Scotland due to bed shortage’
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says sending vulnerable people hundreds of miles away for...
12 Dec 2016
Concern over capacity for apprentice and associate placements
The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of...
12 Dec 2016
Families of children with life-limiting conditions must be put at the heart of care,...
New guidelines help healthcare staff to navigate end of life care planning for children and...
09 Dec 2016
Bursary to stay in Wales – but nursing students must work in the country for two years...
Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but...
09 Dec 2016
Family pays tribute to ‘inspiring’ nursing student as they accept her posthumous degree
The family of a nursing student who died earlier this year have paid tribute to their ‘...
09 Dec 2016
University sets up £200K fund to help nursing students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when...
08 Dec 2016
Health visitors reveal risk to young families of public health cuts
Most health visitors’ workloads have increased in past two years.
07 Dec 2016
Nurses in Yorkshire offered stark choice over their NHS pension
South Yorkshire community nurses forced to accept inferior terms and conditions to protect...
07 Dec 2016
Singer Paloma Faith pays tribute to 'incredible' NHS staff after birth of...
The nurses and midwives who cared for Paloma Faith during the birth of her first child have...
06 Dec 2016
Cuts to family nurse partnership programme could prove catastrophic, claims union
Cuts to the family nurse partnership (FNP) programme in Manchester could have ‘catastrophic...
06 Dec 2016
CNO rejects nursing associate claims
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
Nursing the 'most trusted profession'
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016
Four out of five nurses struck off NMC register last year were over the age of 40,...
Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last...
02 Dec 2016
Apprenticeship degrees a 'drop in the ocean' say health academics
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the...
01 Dec 2016
Second wave of test sites for nursing associate scheme revealed
The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been...
30 Nov 2016
Jeremy Hunt unveils details of nursing degree apprenticeships – and calls for...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships.
30 Nov 2016
Nurses should not routinely use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN...
Nurses should not use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN guidance.
29 Nov 2016