Think Drink campaign gets national attention.

A hospital's award-winning scheme - which helps patients recover faster from surgery side effects by keeping them hydrated pre-operation - is being shared nationwide.

RCN warns nine in ten largest NHS hospitals short of nurses.

Nine in ten of England's 50 largest NHS hospital trusts are not staffed with nurses to the level planned by their own management, the RCN says.

Nine in ten largest trusts in England short of nurses.

Nine out of ten of England's 50 largest NHS hospital trusts are not staffed with nurses to the level planned by their own management, the RCN said.

Children with autism need better hospital care, says RCN.

Nurses have called for improvements to the care of children with autism in hospitals and the community. About 1% of children in the UK have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which affects social interaction, behaviour and communication. However, as healthcare services are pushed to breaking point, support for such children is dwindling, the RCN warns.

Report predicts 12% drop in nurse numbers by 2020.

England could see a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020, equivalent to 12% of the workforce, according to a new report.

Health visitors feel brunt of ongoing budget cuts.

Health visitors in England are feeling the impact of public health budget cuts, with 85% saying their workload has increased.

Staff to wear body cameras to curb rise in hospital violence.

Security staff at a London hospital trust are being given body cameras after attacks on nurses and other frontline workers rose by almost one third in the past year.

Training places to double for nursing associate role.

The number of candidates to be trained in the new nursing associate role is set to double to 2,000, following 'huge interest' in the scheme.

Adult social care in England is close to 'tipping point'.

Adult social care is approaching tipping point, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned.

Consider pros and cons in bursary change, says CNO.

Removing the student bursary from next year is sending nursing into 'uncharted territory', England's chief nursing officer (CNO) Jane Cummings said.

Emergency departments are 'buckling', warns RCN.

The RCN has warned that emergency departments (EDs) in England are 'buckling' under rising demand and a 'drastic shortage' of nurses.

RCN slams 'unacceptable' waste of BME talent.

Workplace discrimination against black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses and other health workers is an 'astonishing and profoundly unacceptable' waste of talent, the RCN has said.

Nurses who faked blood sugar readings struck off.

Three nurses who faked patients' blood sugar readings have been removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.

Chief nurse reassures EU workers after Brexit vote.

European Union nurses remain 'an integral and appreciated' part of the NHS, England's chief nurse has said in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote.

Funding cuts threaten the NHS public health agenda.

'Aggressive' public health cuts are putting patients at risk, frontline nurses have warned.

Associate role in motion, despite concern over 'nursing on the cheap'.

Progress towards creating 1,000 nursing associates by 2017 has gathered pace.

Loss of bursary 'will lead to staff cuts and debts'.

Government plans to scrap the bursary for nursing, midwifery and other health students could cost the NHS 2,000 recruits a year, a new report warns.

Hospital staff 'frustrated' at lack of progress on delayed discharge.

Leading nurses have expressed their frustration at the latest figures revealing the scale of delays in discharging older people from hospital.

Without the bursary, two thirds would not have chosen nursing.

Two thirds of nurses would not have joined the profession had a bursary not been available during training, a major new survey has revealed.

'I'm a bit of a troublemaker'.

RCN congress 2016 is different from previous years for many reasons. It is the first time the event has been held in Glasgow, and this year marks the RCN's centenary. For Janet Davies, it is her first congress since being appointed RCN general secretary in July 2015.