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QNI celebrates the ‘collective knowledge, experience and passion’ of nurses at its awards

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has created 121 new Queen’s Nurses at its awards in London this week. The ceremony, attended by over 300 community nurses and their guests, also saw Fellowship of...

Government must increase health visitor numbers to tackle childhood obesity

Numbers of health visitors and school nurses must be boosted to combat childhood obesity, the RCN has said in response to the government’s updated strategy

Community and social care must be focus of new NHS funding

Community services and social care must be the priorities for new NHS funding, according to a survey of NHS Trust directors and CCG finance directors

RCN honours the nurses of the Windrush generation

The RCN has paid tribute to the BME nurses who ‘helped to build the health service that we all rely on’, but stressed that more needs to be done to give them parity with white colleagues

RCN demands ‘firm commitment from Government’ on EU Nurses

Responding to the Government’s proposal on ‘settled status’ for EU citizens after Brexit, RCN Chief Executive Janet Davies has called on the Government to make a firm promise to honour their...

‘Nursing must work hard’ to learn lessons of Gosport Hospital scandal says RCN

The RCN’s General Secretary Janet Davies has called for 'a culture of candour' in the NHS, after a review of practices at Gosport Hospital found that up to 650 patients may have had their lives...

Government to relax immigration rules for non-EU skilled workers

The Home Office is expected to announce the relaxation of immigration laws to allow for more foreign doctors and nurses to work in the UK

Where next for the NMC?

With registration fees having risen by 58% at a time when NHS pay has been painfully squeezed, editor Mike Shallcross discusses the future of the NMC.

A day in the life of... Ali Rooke

Specialist nurse, Ali Rooke, who provides cross platform support for enquiries at Prostate Cancer UK

Are we facing a sexual health crisis?

Testing is falling, but diagnoses are going up: these cash-strapped services need some love

Lower urinary tract symptoms: Overactive bladder syndrome

Linda Nazarko explains why nurses are best placed to help women who suffer from an overactive bladder

RCN wants nurses to encourage cervical smears

Nurses play a ‘vital role’ in encouraging women to attend regular smear tests after a report revealed a 52% fall in women in England attending cervical screenings

Nurses will be forced to repay more student loan than higher earners

The student loan system has come under fire from peers after findings show male nurses and midwives will pay back up to £19,000 more than high-earners

Gestational diabetes mellitus: onset, causes and management

Primary care nurses can play a huge role in the management of gestational diabetes, writes David Morris

Back to basics on diabetes training

Lead nurse, Ruth Miller, reports back on the success of her Diabetes 10 Point Training Programme

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