Health visitors in south Wales are striking after NHS employer ignored job evaluation appeal
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Some mental health patients face waits of up to two years for psychological therapies, study reveals
Nine out of ten health providers keep no record of the length of time people experiencing serious mental health problems must wait before accessing psychological therapies,
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Public Health England has said hospitals should sell e-cigarettes to patients and GPs could prescribe the devices, in the future
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Nurses asked to describe how they use technology in their practice, and how ditigal skills could be used in nursing in the future
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Protesters took to the streets of London and other parts of the UK on Saturday 3 February to demand better funding for the NHS.
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Charges paid by temporary migrants to use the NHS are to double, a move the government says will raise around £220 million a year for the health ser
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Number of applicants for nursing student courses has fallen for a fourth year running
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See our infographic demonstrating how the number of nursing degree applicants has fallen across most of the UK since the loss of the student bursary in 2017
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RCN president Cecilia Akrisie Anim calls for urgent action to address the staffing crisis.
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The awards support ‘outstanding work to improve leadership skills and health outcomes’
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The charity Papyrus wants the NMC to educate trainee nurses on how to ask patients questions about suicide
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The Offload project delivers mental health messages through rugby league to reach men from deprived areas
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A campaign to be launched by Public Health England this autumn will focus on giving people resilience and coping skills to prevent mental health issue
A pay rise for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chair Dame Janet Finch and members has been unanimously approved.
Nursing Standard readers have responded to the Commons health committee report on the nursing workforce.
Plans to replace nursing student mentors wins support
Nurses among senior members of a London trust who are calling on local MPs to take action, as mental health funding is ‘nowhere near enough to meet increasing demand’
London Assembly committee report recommends action to improve access to timely, appropriate support for LGBT and deaf people, those with disabilities and recently released prisoners
Two in three nurses responding to a survey last year felt they had too little time to provide high quality care to dying patients. Nursing Standard and Marie Curie are now holding a second survey to see if this has changed a year on
