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Scales of justice in the foreground, a gavel in the background

Nurse Colleridge Bessong accuses Pennine Care Trust over service user’s violent assault 

26 Nov 2019
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Prime minister Boris Johnson speaks at a podium, holding aloft the Conservatives' 2019 election manifesto
Conservatives have resisted calls to reinstate the nursing student bursary
25 Nov 2019
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Brittany McArthur

Brittany McArthur recognised by university for demonstrating compassion

25 Nov 2019
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Aileen Coomber

Aileen Coomber, RCNi’s 2017 Bank Nurse award winner, was part of the NHS at 70 celebrations

22 Nov 2019
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Greater Manchester Police sign

Nurse was forced to hand over sharps box during incident in Greater Manchester

22 Nov 2019
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young woman sits a written test
Regulator plans to abolish time limit on nursing qualifications taken in English
21 Nov 2019
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St Bernards Hospital

West London NHS Trust admits nurse sustained back injury due to defective chair

20 Nov 2019
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Illustration of sepsis

System warns staff if a patient may be at risk of the condition

20 Nov 2019
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Princess Royal Hospital

Leaked report reveals ‘toxic’ culture stretching back 40 years

20 Nov 2019
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RCN activists protest against the removal of the nursing bursary. They are holding banners saying '#BursaryorBust'

Parties’ parliamentary candidates compete for nurses’ votes ahead of 2019 general election

20 Nov 2019
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Picture shows the burning building in Bolton from which students were evacuated, with fire engines in a nearby street. Members of the nursing community have rallied round to help those affected.

Fellow university students and local nursing staff offer support after flats destroyed

19 Nov 2019
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district nurse talking to patient in her own home
Queen’s Nursing Institute calls on next government to invest in staffing
19 Nov 2019

Parties must clarify use of actors if the audience could be ‘misled’ by their appearance

15 Nov 2019

Jean Higgins ran an early nurse recruitment agency set up for the benefit of the NHS

15 Nov 2019

Inspirational leader Jean Saunders praised for improving healthcare access for asylum seekers

15 Nov 2019

Andrea Sutcliffe says they display a high level of knowledge, skills and competence

14 Nov 2019

Walkout will be the first in RCN history – as Unison members plan industrial action too

14 Nov 2019

Failure to expand fields’ student cohorts at odds with government’s NHS vision, says RCN

13 Nov 2019

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