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Resilience

A project helping newly qualified nurses to build resilience and cope with the stresses of the profession is proving to be a success.

28 Jan 2018
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End of life care

Nurses and HCAs from all fields and settings urged to share their experiences of caring for people in their final days of life, in joint Nursing Standard-Marie Curie s

26 Jan 2018
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Houses of Parliament

Commons nursing workforce review highlights pressures stemming from training squeeze, student attrition and 'staying late'.

26 Jan 2018
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A drop in the number of nurses compared to population size has seen the UK lag behind other major world economies, according to analysis by a think tank

25 Jan 2018
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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is searching for a new chief executive to provide ‘visionary leadership and management’ to guide the organisation.

23 Jan 2018
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The nursing recruitment crisis is deepening with more vacancies than ever, particularly in areas with high living costs, official figures reveal today.

23 Jan 2018
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Josie Irwin

Talks on nursing pay and contract reforms have restarted with the RCN suggesting promised NHS funding be used to improve pay structures.

22 Jan 2018
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Marie Curie survey video

Nursing Standard has joined forces with UK charity Marie Curie for a major survey to find out the experiences of nurses and healthcare assistants in cari

22 Jan 2018
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Changing perceptions

Chief nurse in bid to improve reputation of nursing and midwifery as desirable careers.

19 Jan 2018
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Organising groups for London march are calling for better funding and an end to all privatisation in the health service

19 Jan 2018
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The RCN has launched a survey asking nurses for their views on consent for organ and tissue donation in the first review of the college’s position on consent

18 Jan 2018
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RCN says staff shortages, relentless pressure and poor pay forcing nurse leaders to quit.

17 Jan 2018

England's chief medical officer has added her voice to calls for a debate on whether flu vaccinations should be mandatory for front-line health staff

12 Jan 2018

Decisive action is needed to address falls in the number of learning disability nurses if ‘catastrophic’ consequences are to be avoided, a consultant nurse has warned after figures showing declines in the discipline

12 Jan 2018
Increasing nurse numbers could boost patient satisfaction with quality of care
11 Jan 2018

NHS Providers’ chief executive Chris Hopson outlines ‘fragility’ of the wider health service and calls for extra long-term investments in a damning letter to the health and social care secretary 

11 Jan 2018

Four out of five homes built by private developers on former NHS land will cost more than nurses can afford, a think tank has warned.

10 Jan 2018
Jeremy Hunt now also has responsibility for social care
08 Jan 2018

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