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A quick-thinking nurse used a defibrillator to save an older patient's life and then cared for him once he was in hospital.
04 Oct 2016
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1 in 5 carers have taken their loved one to the emergency department (ED) due to failures in GP out-of-hours services and district nursing, figures suggest.
30 Sep 2016
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The RCN is taking a phased approach to advanced nurse practitioner accreditation.
29 Sep 2016
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Study shows patients have symptoms a year before emergency bowel cancer diagnosis.
28 Sep 2016
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Aintree University Hospital

Inspectors rate Aintree University Hospital unit as ‘requires improvement’ following persistent understaffing and failure to meet mandator

26 Sep 2016
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Unison aims to highlight work of nurses and other public servants ahead of government spending statement

26 Sep 2016
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NHS healthcare assistants (HCAs) are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, according to a new report from Unison.
23 Sep 2016
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Pauline Cafferkey

Ms Cafferkey faced allegations that she concealed a high temperature during her health screening on returning to the UK

14 Sep 2016
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Pauline Cafferkey

Disciplinary panel to hear further evidence today about nurse’s conduct on returning to the UK from Sierra Leone.

14 Sep 2016
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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces Nursing and Midwifery Council inquiry over her return to the UK with the virus.

13 Sep 2016
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Jane Cummings

England's CNO says nurses and midwives need to take the lead in shaping the NHS

08 Sep 2016
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Relentless demand for services is driving up waiting times and exacerbating financial pressures in the NHS according to the latest monitoring report from The King's Fund.
08 Sep 2016
One of the UK's oldest nurses has celebrated her 83rd birthday – and vowed to carry on working.
08 Sep 2016

Health secretary announces new online services and apps that will be available to patients from the end of next year

07 Sep 2016
The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in three months, new data suggests.
06 Sep 2016
Nurses are best placed to develop a rapport and communicate with patients at risk of suicide, a leading mental health nurse said.
02 Sep 2016
A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new standards of pre-registration nursing education should look like.
01 Sep 2016
Fears over patient safety have been raised after junior doctors in England escalate dispute over new contract.
01 Sep 2016

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