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Nurses looking for a job

RCN employment survey finds pressures and lack of management support are often to blame

28 Nov 2019
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Illustration showing a clockface with a person resting on one of the hands. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation supports nurses napping on breaks during long shifts as a safeguarding principle.

Trust encourages nurses to treat breaks as critical rest time, particularly on n

26 Nov 2019
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Prime minister Boris Johnson speaks at a podium, holding aloft the Conservatives' 2019 election manifesto

Conservatives have resisted calls to reinstate the nursing student bursary in England

25 Nov 2019
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Brittany McArthur

Brittany McArthur recognised by university for demonstrating compa

25 Nov 2019
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young woman sits a written test

Regulator plans to abolish time limit on nursing and midwifery qualifications taken in Eng

21 Nov 2019
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St Bernards Hospital

West London NHS Trust admits nurse sustained back injury due to defective c

20 Nov 2019
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RCN activists protest against the removal of the nursing bursary. They are holding banners saying '#BursaryorBust'

Parties’ parliamentary candidates compete for nurses’ votes ahead of 2019 general ele

20 Nov 2019
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Picture shows the burning building in Bolton from which students were evacuated, with fire engines in a nearby street. Members of the nursing community have rallied round to help those affected.

Fellow university students and local nursing staff offer support a

19 Nov 2019
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The Welsh Labour party political broadcast featured an actor dressed as a nurse

Parties must clarify use of actors if the audience could be ‘misled’ by their appearance

15 Nov 2019
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Jean Higgins presents a bouquet to the then Princess Elizabeth, now the Queen at a film premiere

Jean Higgins ran an early nurse recruitment agency set up for the benefit of the NHS

15 Nov 2019
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Jean Saunders

Inspirational leader Jean Saunders praised for improving healthcare access for asylum

15 Nov 2019
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Andrea Sutcliffe

Andrea Sutcliffe says they display a high level of knowledge, skil

14 Nov 2019

Walkout will be the first in RCN history – as Unison members plan industrial acti

14 Nov 2019

Failure to expand fields’ student cohorts at odds with government’s NHS vision, s

13 Nov 2019

Nursing teams keep patients and each other safe during flood crisis

12 Nov 2019

Nursing Standard is holding a survey to discover your views on the image

11 Nov 2019

Points-based proposal would mean reduced fee and extra points

08 Nov 2019

Northern Ireland nurses ready to take action over pay disparity with the

07 Nov 2019

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