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Nurse associate

A list of proposed skills for nursing associates has been published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council ahead of a formal consultation.

19 Feb 2018
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NHS Gloucestershire demo

Spokesperson for Unite says 750 staff will ‘face threats to their employment’

16 Feb 2018
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Gavel and stethoscope on briefing paper with "Abortion law" written on it

The college's UK-wide survey of its members will help to inform its position on the the principle of removing criminal sanctions from termination of pregnancy

16 Feb 2018
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A spike in cases of norovirus led to more than 800 hospital beds being closed per day in England last week, up from a daily average of 640 the previous week

16 Feb 2018
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Personalised alert cards for patients, carers and family members give specific instructions on care and observations, and have helped reduce serious incidents related to pressur

15 Feb 2018
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Family members could have limited say over loved ones organ donation choices, new proposals suggests

15 Feb 2018
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More needs to be done to reassure thousands of nurses and carers about their right to remain in the UK once it leaves the European Union, the RCN has insisted

14 Feb 2018
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... And should nurses be allowed to carry water bottles
14 Feb 2018
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Clinical waste

Nursing teams would benefit the most from NHS trusts employing dedicated specialist waste managers, a report has concluded

12 Feb 2018
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Nursing degree costs

College says the government ‘seems hell-bent on reducing the supply of talent into nursing’

12 Feb 2018
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Nurse Awards
RCNi Nurse Awards - entry deadline extended
08 Feb 2018
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NMC_Fees

Council should reduce registration fees not increase its members’ allowances, say unions

06 Feb 2018

Public Health England has said hospitals should sell e-cigarettes to patients and GPs could prescribe the devices, in the future

06 Feb 2018

Nurses asked to describe how they use technology in their practice, and how ditigal skills could be used in nursing in the future

05 Feb 2018

Protesters took to the streets of London and other parts of the UK on Saturday 3 February to demand better funding for the NHS.

05 Feb 2018

Charges paid by temporary migrants to use the NHS are to double, a move the government says will raise around £220 million a year for the health service

05 Feb 2018

Number of applicants for nursing student courses has fallen for a fourth year running

05 Feb 2018

See our infographic demonstrating how the number of nursing degree applicants has fallen across most of the UK since the loss of the student bursary in 2017

05 Feb 2018

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