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Mental health vacancies

Regional vacancy breakdown highlights ‘deepening postcode lottery’ of care and chronic shortage of nurses, RCN warns

09 Oct 2017
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Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they explain how reductions in staffing levels are leaving them vulnerable to

09 Oct 2017
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Prince Harry is teaming up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to promote a new mental health strategy for armed forces personnel.

09 Oct 2017
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People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being treated with dogs, rabbits and rats as part of an animal therapy programme at a Manche

09 Oct 2017
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Universities to get share of £4.9 million funding
06 Oct 2017
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University Hospitals of Leicester

A trust with about 500 nursing vacancies has said it is considering filling some nursing roles with other staff, such as pharmacists or physiotherapists

05 Oct 2017
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Research suggests nature volunteering could provide an important ‘non-medical’ service that would help relieve the burden on the NHS.

02 Oct 2017
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Royal College of Psychiatry

Serious mental health conditions are not fully understood by the public, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has said.

29 Sep 2017
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A new preceptorship framework for nurses working in London has been launched by the Capital Nurse programme.

29 Sep 2017
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Regional advisory networks for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) issues are to be established in England in a bid to increase understanding of local concerns.

29 Sep 2017
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Mental health and migrants

A mental health guide for the provision of services to help vulnerable migrants has been launched by the charity Mind.

29 Sep 2017
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RCN survey
Staff shortages compromising patient care, RCN poll finds
29 Sep 2017

More work is needed to boost the field of nurse research, says the Council of Deans of Health chair Brian Webster-Henderson.

28 Sep 2017

The RCN will move towards balloting members on industrial action if the 1% cap on NHS pay is not lifted by the November budget.

28 Sep 2017

More than 500 nurses and midwives aged over 70 are practising in the UK, the regulator has revealed.

28 Sep 2017

Around eight in ten members of the public support calls to remove the pay cap and give NHS staff an above-inflation pay rise

28 Sep 2017
Report: nurses face major barriers in delivering dedicated and compassionate care
28 Sep 2017

English language standards for European nurses joining the register will not be lowered, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has insisted.

27 Sep 2017

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