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Nurses must not be made to charge overseas patients for care, warns health unions
NHS trusts will be legally obliged from April to check if overseas patients are eligible for...
06 Feb 2017
New project aims to increase number of BME nurses at the top
A mentoring scheme, which reverses the roles of mentor and mentee, could help increase the...
06 Feb 2017
Not all advanced nurse practitioners will meet criteria for RCN accreditation
Nearly 2,000 nurses have expressed interest in being early adopters of the RCN’s new ‘...
03 Feb 2017
Study looks at assertiveness of district nurses with specialist qualification
Research project will evaluate whether holding a specialist qualification boosts district...
02 Feb 2017
Gender stereotypes may be putting children off a healthcare career
Primary school children are more likely to identify a woman as a nurse and a man as a...
02 Feb 2017
Fall in nursing degree applications
The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017
NHS is failing to recover bills from overseas patients, say MPs
System for recovering money from overseas patients who use the NHS is chaotic, say MPs.
01 Feb 2017
Nursing associates begin training at University of Derby
Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing...
01 Feb 2017
'Government burying head in sand on pay'
MPs warn the NHS cannot afford to lose the goodwill of nurses
31 Jan 2017
MPs debate fair pay for nurses and other NHS staff
Nurses from across England lobbied MPs ahead of debate
30 Jan 2017
Nurse-led service helping patients avoid hospital stay after orthopaedic surgery
A new nurse-led centre for excellence for patients having orthopaedic surgery is helping to...
30 Jan 2017
Nurse turned hospital trust chief executive pleads guilty to fraud
An ex-hospital trust chief executive with a nursing background has pleaded guilty to fraud...
30 Jan 2017
Nurses get ready for NHS pay debate
Thousands of nurses have contacted their MPs to urge them to take part in today’s...
30 Jan 2017
Nurse leadership programme boosted promotion prospects, evaluation shows
51% of nurses on higher pay bands a year after programme ended.
27 Jan 2017
Radio presenter calls for law change to protect NHS staff from violence
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition to make it a criminal offence to attack NHS...
27 Jan 2017
Nurses do not speak in 75% of cancer multidisciplinary team meetings, research finds
A study commissioned by Cancer Research UK has found that nurses do not frequently speak in...
26 Jan 2017
Hospital staff lack confidence and knowledge to care for people with mental health...
Hospital staff often lack the knowledge or confidence to care for people with mental health...
26 Jan 2017
New guidance for police and healthcare workers on use of restraint
Guidance has been drawn up to clarify the role of police in responding to incidents...
25 Jan 2017