The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%

A new nurse-led centre for excellence for patients having orthopaedic surgery is helping to discharge some patients without overnight stays.

Around 80 independent midwives were told to find new indemnity arrangements or face removal from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, after the regulator decided their scheme was ‘inappropriate’.

Nurses must raise concerns now more than ever