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family support room

A lead dementia nurse has described the benefit of her hospital’s family support rooms which she helped introduce.

09 Aug 2016
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The charity Macmillan Cancer Support wants the NHS to ensure cancer patients recieve a care plan and are told about potential long term side effects, both from their cancer

05 Aug 2016
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Chemo at home team

Nurses at South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust contributed to the development of a scheme which cuts down on hospital admissions for leukaemia patients

27 Jul 2016
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Emma Young

A video of nursing assistant Emma Young singing to patients at a hospice has been watched thousands of times worldwide

26 Jul 2016
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Dr Kate Granger dies after reaching £250,000 fundraising target
25 Jul 2016
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Mary Raphael

Mary Raphael will take part in the Breast Cancer Care Scotland fashion show

25 Jul 2016
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Blood test

New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptoms

22 Jul 2016
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Radiotherapy

Shorter schedule for prostate cancer cuts hospital appointments

 

05 Jul 2016
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Raising awareness of cervical screening among BME women
05 Jul 2016
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Bereavement

Guidelines stress the importance of communication and age-appropriate ways of chatting about illness and dying.

04 Jul 2016
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Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health have launched the Our Health Heroes awards

01 Jul 2016

Non-beneficial care at the end of life could be reduced by nurses providing more treatment information to patients and their families. 

30 Jun 2016
Higher doses of radiotherapy in shorter courses 'as effective' as standard treatment
27 Jun 2016

Nursing staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can have on-site screening at workplace

21 Jun 2016

If government proposal goes ahead, regulation will largely be determined by another profession, warns Royal College of Midwives chief

07 Jun 2016

Nurse Doreen Collyer was passionate about her job and teaching

07 Jun 2016

Research can help patients cope with the disease, say nursing academics

06 Jun 2016

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