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Scotland clarifies effect of integration on employment
Nurses will not be compelled to transfer to local authority employment under plans to integrate adult health and social care in Scotland.
RCN head lambasts ‘destructive’ cuts
The cuts afflicting the NHS across the UK are causing widespread concern among nurses, RCN president Andrea Spyropoulos said in her opening address to this year's congress.
Overflowing: hospitals struggle to cope with patient numbers
Nurses voted overwhelmingly for an end to the use of inappropriate areas to accommodate A&E patients after hearing how they are being 'shovelled around' to meet targets.
College will fight on over change to pension age
The RCN will continue to fight any increase in NHS nurses' retirement age, RCN general secretary Peter Carter announced in his keynote address to congress.
Inadequate social care funding is compromising community nursing
Cuts to adult social care funding are piling pressure on more than three quarters of community nurses, according to research by the RCN.
Increase in nurse peers depends on Lords reform
The prospect of more nurses joining the House of Lords depends on the outcome of controversial new government proposals.
Community nurse numbers ‘stretched to breaking point’
The government's target to recruit an extra 4,200 health visitors by 2015 could damage services as community nurses are 'poached' to meet the pledge, the RCN has warned.
Congress gives overwhelming vote of no confidence in health secretary
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has been warned there is a 'great deal of unhappiness' among nurses and he must address their concerns when he is back in Whitehall.
Coalition government on track to shrink NHS workforce by 61,000
More than 61,000 NHS posts in the UK are vulnerable to being cut, according to the RCN.
Wanted: two high-flyers keen for a ‘large, complex’ challenge
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is seeking two new leaders with proven business management skills to pull the regulator out of its difficulties.
Care Campaign
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The Care campaign is a joint drive by Nursing Standard and the Patients Association to improve fundamental patient care across the UK.
Healthcare assistants
Health care assistants (HCAs) are taking on increasingly complex roles and responsibilities - prompting fresh calls for their regulation.
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