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Three nurses stand cramped together at nurses' station, one is using a computer – as RCN points to gap between NHS waiting list and growth in nurse numbers

Rise in nurse numbers fails to come close to increase in waits for NHS appointments as nur

16 Nov 2023
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Photo of busy nurses on ward, illustrating story on concerns about staff burnout

Survey also finds that most believe delivering care this winter will be even tougher than

16 Nov 2023
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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking in parliament

The RCN called for the protection of civilian lives and for aid and healthcare supplies to

16 Nov 2023
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Photo of nursing students with a patient, illustrating a story about cutting length of nursing degrees

RCN director for England criticises a government letter, revealed during the UK Covid Inqu

15 Nov 2023
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King Charles meets nurses

Hundreds of overseas nurses and midwives attended a reception at Buckingham Palace on the

15 Nov 2023
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Ex-Treasury minister talks of ending NHS strikes, cutting waiting lists and bolstering ser

14 Nov 2023
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Chief nursing officer Ruth May (centre) in a panel discussion at Nursing Live

England’s chief nursing officer Ruth May, speaking at Nursing Live, als

14 Nov 2023
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Michelle Cox talking at Nursing Live 2023 pictured alongside other speakers on the panel discussion

Michelle Cox, who won her tribunal against NHS England, told of the psychological toll of

14 Nov 2023
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Steve Barclay leaves 10 Downing Street on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle that saw him leave his post as health and social care secretary

As Steve Barclay is moved to environment secretary, priorities for Ms A

13 Nov 2023
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RCN Nursing Awards 2023 winner

We reveal the inspiring RCN Nursing Award winners, who are leading change and improving ou

10 Nov 2023
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Photo of NMC senior nursing adviser Paula Holt speaking at Nursing Live event in Liverpool

Paula Holt tells RCNi’s Nursing Live event that regulator is looking at nurse education in

10 Nov 2023
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A woman looks out of the window as she takes the bus to work

NHS will encourage nurses to walk, use public transport or electric vehicles to hit net ze

10 Nov 2023

Our two-day celebration is packed with events including masterclasses fo

10 Nov 2023

Scheme aims to tackle nursing shortages by offering a chance to study and gain hands-on exp

09 Nov 2023

A comparative report on global healthcare ranks the UK as low for nurses’ wages and hospita

09 Nov 2023

Unions and others also criticise omission of safe staffing legislation, social care and men

08 Nov 2023

Unions have criticised a government plan to let agency nurses provide strike cover, despite

08 Nov 2023

An international recruitment programme, which is due to end in December, has seen 352 overs

07 Nov 2023

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