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BBC documentary ‘Saving our Nurses’ wins award

A BBC documentary series about the nursing staff at Redbridge hospitals has won an award. The show, Saving Our Nurses, focused on an initiative by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS... Read more »
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North West London trusts launch ‘collaborative bank’ of 20,000 nurses

Four London trusts have created a new shared bank of nurses who can be called upon to fill gaps in rotas, amid nationwide nursing shortages and ongoing service pressures. The North West... Read more »
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South London nurses praised for inclusion efforts

Two nurses from London have been praised for their “outstanding” efforts in promoting inclusion and support for colleagues from ethnic minorities at their workplaces. Mercedes Miguel, a community stroke clinical nurse specialist... Read more »
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Statue celebrating the NHS’s Windrush nurses unveiled in London | NHS

A statue commemorating the 40,000 Windrush and Commonwealth midwives and nurses who have answered the call to work for the NHS has been unveiled in London. The granite sculpture of a woman... Read more »
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‘Give safe spaces to drug users with clean needles and nurses or more will die’

Experts are encouraging a change within the legislation to enable safe spaces for users to inject, sniff and smoke. Safe drug consumption rooms or OPCs – overdose prevention centres – are an... Read more »
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Nurses Direct health recruitment firm moves to Plymouth Science Park

A recruitment firm that pairs nurses with jobs in care properties has develop into the most recent enterprise to transfer into the thriving Plymouth Science Park, Nurses Direct joins a rising healthcare... Read more »
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Nikki Grahame’s mum begged nurses not to let her out of hospital just before her death

The current death of Big Brother star Nikki Grahame has shone mild on the intense failings inside psychological well being care within the nation. Nikki’s heartbroken mum Sue Grahame has now revealed... Read more »
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‘Living in London on a nurse’s salary leaves me feeling helpless and bitter’

A nurse has spoken of feeling “bitter” and pissed off that her low salary will drive her out of London if she ever desires to begin a household or purchase a home.... Read more »