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Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
01 Aug 2017
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The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national newspaper to complain about the negative portrayal of nurses in one of

31 Jul 2017
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Bethany Shipsey

A nurse whose daughter died after taking online diet pills containing a toxic chemical is calling for tighter controls on its supply.

31 Jul 2017
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The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government continues its refusal to scrap the pay cap, the college’s gener

28 Jul 2017
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Nurse protests in Gateshead
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017
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Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients should stop treatment when they feel better, according to an art

27 Jul 2017
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Call from RCN on national day of campaigning
27 Jul 2017
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Nurses and other NHS staff in Scotland are facing increasing workload pressures due to a government failure to plan its workforce, according to a ne

25 Jul 2017
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Janet Davies
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017
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David Knowles saved by first aid trainees
24 Jul 2017
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The scale of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological problems in the emergency services has been revealed in a series of worrying figures.

24 Jul 2017
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NHS staff wellbeing is suffering under the strain of increasing service pressures at the potential cost of patient care, according to a report by the Point of Care Fou

21 Jul 2017

An eye care company is offering £1 million worth of laser eye surgery to nurses and other NHS and emergency services workers.

21 Jul 2017
College to stage Scrap the Cap rally in September
21 Jul 2017

Only one in five referrals to fitness to practise proceedings concern patient care.

19 Jul 2017

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith received a pay rise of almost £20,000 in the past year, according to the regulator’s annual report.

19 Jul 2017

Unions have cautiously welcomed an overhaul to ambulance responses targets that will see fewer 999 calls regarded as life-threatening.

18 Jul 2017
Part of government plans for 'smoke-free generation'
18 Jul 2017

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