Glasgow is hosting nursing leaders, researchers and practitioners from across the globe this week as the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) shines a spotlight on the life-changing impact of nursing research.
Read more...A care home nurse has won a major award after creating history by becoming the first in Wales to qualify to prescribe medication to residents.
Read more...A palliative care nurse who works at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne has written and released a song with friends and colleagues in a bid…
Read more...The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is undertaking a major update of its guidance on the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour in health and social care settings.
Read more...Scottish Care has this week launched its Nursing Workforce Survey 2026 Briefing Report at the Scottish Care Nursing Conference.
Read more...NHS organisations in England could face unbudgeted costs of close to £1bn a year because of a government crackdown on zero hours contracts, according to…
Read more...Extreme heat is turning parts of the NHS and the care sector into an “impossible and inhumane” environment for staff and patients alike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned, as it calls for an urgent nationwide programme to heat-proof health…
Read more...An RCN report has exposed how some employers are exploiting migrant nursing staff in social care by taking advantage of their vulnerable visa status. It…
Read more...Dozens of MPs across the political spectrum have signed a House of Commons Early Day Motion recognising the contribution of Emergency Medicine professionals – and calling for action against the rising tide of violence and aggression they face.
Read more...Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has publicly distanced herself from the Labour government’s proposed immigration reforms, warning that retrospective changes to settlement rules for overseas care workers already living and working in the United Kingdom would be deeply unfair and contrary to British values.
Read more...Social care in the UK remains deep in crisis with a workforce unable to give the care vulnerable people need, says the Royal College of…
Read more...Coinciding with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, International Nurses Day, held on Tuesday 12th May, is a day to celebrate…
Read more...Nursing absence rates in Scotland’s NHS are hitting critical levels and current workforce planning provisions are increasingly inadequate to deal with the gaps in the…
Read more...Scottish care home providers, BCG, is celebrating one of its very special nurses, after she has been recognised as the very best in the country…
Read more...The Government has ruled out developing a new national vaccinations strategy, despite the Committee urging Ministers to brand the current one a failure as vaccination…
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