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Latest ONS data on suicide risk among nursing professionals in the UK are from 2015

07 Feb 2020
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Mature student

Overall applications also rise, but RCN says numbers are still ’way below what is needed’

06 Feb 2020
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Nurse administers vaccination to a fellow healthcare worker
Front-line nurses’ uptake falls far short of NHS vision for workforce immunisation
06 Feb 2020
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Danielle Tiplady, patients and RCN members hold boxes containing their safe staffing petitions in Downing Street

Activists want to keep pressure on ministers over nurse numbers and a safe staffing law

06 Feb 2020
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RCNi Nurse Awards 2020 last call for entries

There’s still time to submit your entry – but you’ll have to be quick!

06 Feb 2020
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A joint Marie Curie-Helpforce project will train volunteers to sit with patients at the end of life, and provide support to them and their families

Charity project will train volunteers to provide much-needed support in NHS hospitals

05 Feb 2020
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NMC investigate colleagues of rogue surgeon
The Paterson Inquiry also criticised collaboration in health and social care regulation
04 Feb 2020
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Women wait years for diagnosis, and data show thousands seek hospital treatment each year

04 Feb 2020
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A junior doctor trying out a sleep pod

Initiative is being trialled by doctors – with plans to roll it out to all shift workers

03 Feb 2020
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RCN name plate at the college's London headquarters

College orders report in response to fallout from 2018 NHS pay proposal

03 Feb 2020
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A plane carrying British nationals from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire

Passengers transferred to Wirral trust, as first two cases are confirmed elsewhere in the UK

31 Jan 2020
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Nurse awards

Don’t miss your chance to win a prestigious award in the Year of the Nurse and Midwife

31 Jan 2020
Nurse regulator moves to remove doubt over what it expects from registrants
30 Jan 2020
Call for action on rents and transport as costs fuel region’s nursing shortage
30 Jan 2020
Gender inequalities persist despite the fact that nine out of ten nurses in the UK are women
29 Jan 2020
Report recommends review of Agenda for Change to address gender, pay and status issues
28 Jan 2020
Regulator enters debate about its suspension of nurse who did not attempt CPR
28 Jan 2020

Their use informs emergency staff of correct oxygen level required by each patient

28 Jan 2020

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