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Breaking point

Overstretched district nursing services are functioning on nurses’ goodwill, says new report.

01 Sep 2016
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Closed ward
A&E and hospital closure proposals revealed
26 Aug 2016
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County Hospital
Trust suspends A&E services for young people
25 Aug 2016
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Police cells
The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being used as a place of safety for people with mental health issues has been announced.
24 Aug 2016
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Heatwave
Community nurses should be prepared to help vulnerable patients in the heatwave predicted for the South and East of England
24 Aug 2016
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A&E crisis

The RCN has warned A&Es departments in England are ‘buckling’ under the pressure of rising demand and chronic shortage of nurses.

22 Aug 2016
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SPRAINSPOTTING poster

Nurse practitioners promote new uniforms by posing for Trainspotting homage.

19 Aug 2016
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Nurse Pauline Cafferky is now under investigation
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while volunteering in west Africa, is under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over her scre
18 Aug 2016
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Nurse recruitment
£300k plan to curb staff shortages
17 Aug 2016
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A&E

A&E patients could be treated by specially-trained nurses as part of measures to tackle the ‘crisis’ in emergency care.

17 Aug 2016
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Elaine Inglesby-Burke

Leading nurse Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been announced as the new chief nurse at Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust in the wake of a damning inspection report.

15 Aug 2016
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Grantham Hospital

 Nurses at an overstretched A&E department forced to close at night feel uncertain about their futures, a union has warned.

12 Aug 2016
Joe Clarke is enjoying his moment of fame after being mistaken online for a Team GB gold-medal winner
12 Aug 2016

Emergency department nurses are taking part in a study into how staff can better detect and treat carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

08 Aug 2016
RCN nurse of the year Amanda Burston recognised for her work supporting victims of domestic abuse.
03 Aug 2016

Part of US mainland added to list of countries where Zika infection risk is present

01 Aug 2016

Pauline Cafferkey said it is ‘very stressful’ to remain under NMC investigation

01 Aug 2016
Emergency department is focal point for smartphone game craze
26 Jul 2016

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