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New immigration rules will ’cause chaos’ for healthcare recruitment

By The Press Association22nd June 2015News England

New immigration rules that mean migrants must be earning £35,000 or more to stay in the UK after six years will cost millions of pounds to the NHS and compromise

Deportation of nurses will cost millions and endanger safety, RCN

By Iain MacDonald22nd June 2015News England

Nurses from across the country have opposed Government plans to deport migrant workers which is feared will cost the NHS millions of pounds in recruitment and training costs and compromise

Cameron hits back at RCN over deportation and recruitment crisis

By The Press Association22nd June 2015News England

David Cameron has clashed with nursing leaders over claims that the profession faces a recruitment crisis. The outgoing chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Dr Peter Carter

Mental health nurse cleared of manslaughter in overdose case

By The Press Association15th June 2015News England

A nurse has been found not guilty of killing a patient by giving him 14 times the amount of anti-psychotic drugs he was prescribed. Mental health nurse Amanda Young, 40,

RCN Northern Ireland to establish lead nurse network

By Iain MacDonald9th June 2015News Northern Ireland

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Northern Ireland is establishing a new network for lead nurses in Northern Ireland. The network will be led by RCN member Pat Cullen and

University to host open evening for careers in adult nursing

By Iain MacDonald7th June 2015Education & Training

Anyone interested in pursuing a career in Adult Nursing is invited to attend an open evening at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen later this week. The School of Nursing

RCN appoints new Chief Executive and General Secretary

By Iain MacDonald2nd June 2015News England

The Royal College of Nursing has appointed Janet Davies, its Director of Nursing and Service Delivery, as its next Chief Executive & General Secretary. She will take over from Dr

UNISON Scotland call for increase in student nurse bursaries

By Iain MacDonald2nd June 2015News Scotland

UNISON Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to increase bursary rates for Student Nurses and Midwives in the next academic year. The plea comes as part of the union’s report ‘Caring, Learning

Nurses call for apology over ‘malicious and degrading’ coverage

By Iain MacDonald1st June 2015News England

Hundreds of NHS nurses, predominantly Filipinos and their supporters, have demonstrated outside the Daily Mail headquarters to protest at the newspaper’s ‘malicious and degrading’ coverage of Filipino healthcare workers. The