New guidance on achieving safe staffing for adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals in England has stopped short of recommending a minimum number of nurses who should be on duty per shift.

Nurses have been voted the most trustworthy professionals for the fifteenth year in a row in a US poll.

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has called on commissioners and providers to follow its new guidance to ensure older patients in care homes receive the highest quality of care possible.

Health organisations have raised concerns over the government’s decision to allow local authorities in England to increase council tax by 6% over the next two years to pay for social care.

A new tool has been developed to help nurses on emergency wards identify quicker the signs of acute limb compartment syndrome (ALCS).

A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when the NHS-provided bursary is scrapped next year.

The nurses and midwives who cared for Paloma Faith during the birth of her first child have received a heartfelt letter from the singer thanking them.

The loss of student bursaries has led to an increase in universities applying to run nursing courses, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).