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Seacole backlash is ‘storm in a bed pan’
The artist behind the controversial Mary Seacole statue has responded to criticism
22 Jun 2016
Clarity needed on future of nurse advisers
Health committee chair tables a number of questions for the Department of Health
22 Jun 2016
RCN council promises to investigate nursing associate role
Council chair responds to debate on whether the new role should be registered
22 Jun 2016
Emergency department calls for volunteers to knit ‘Twiddlemuffs’
Hospitals appeals for volunteers to knit woollen muffs for dementia patients because it can...
22 Jun 2016
Cuts to the public health budget condemned as short sighted by nurses
RCN council to insist that the government reinstates adequate funding for public health
21 Jun 2016
Nurse-led cervical screening programme a success
Nursing staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can have on-site screening at...
21 Jun 2016
Call to ensure district nurses 'become assertive and influential' leaders...
RCN congress resolution to bolster district nurses' qualifications passed with majority vote
21 Jun 2016
Unsocial hour payments 'will probably go', warn nurses at RCN congress...
Maura Buchanan issues warning when speaking at the RCN congress debate on 7-day care
21 Jun 2016
Nurses criticise plans to axe government's nursing policy unit...
RCN will urge health secretary Jeremy Hunt to reconsider plans to scrap DH nursing experts
21 Jun 2016
Congress votes not to lobby for individual CPD training budgets
Nurses felt a need for more money to help revalidate
21 Jun 2016
NHS 111 service found ‘inadequate’
Failure to run the NHS 111 service adequately has led to South Western Ambulance Service NHS...
21 Jun 2016
Year-round pressure ‘the new normal’ in NHS
RCN highlights unprecedented burden in recent months and concern over lack of capacity
21 Jun 2016
Fight for pay and conditions needs ‘noisy nurses’
Congress backs resolution that RCN Council work with employers to ensure pay review body’s...
20 Jun 2016
Raise awareness of sickle cell disease, nurses told
All nurses need to be aware of the issues around sickle cell disease so that they can ensure...
20 Jun 2016
Agency nurses deserve support and respect, nurses told
Delegates at RCN congress heard that agency nurses make a big contribution and should not be...
20 Jun 2016
Row mars unveiling of Mary Seacole statue
Florence Nightingale supporters claim the Mary Seacole statue should not be outside St...
20 Jun 2016
Call to abolish 'relic' of 1967 Abortion Act
Nurses dismiss British abortion law as ‘Victorian’ and ‘widely out of step’
20 Jun 2016