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Picture shows a healthcare assistant with a care home resident. The pay of social care staff, including nurses, must be raised to help stabilise the sector in England, a health charity says
Struggling sector needs to be able to recruit staff – the Health Foundation
30 Aug 2019
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Busy waiting area in hospital – NHS Providers calls for capital funding for trusts in England

Trust chief executives call on ministers to find urgent injection of capital funding 

30 Aug 2019
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protesters against Brexit highlight the impact they say it will have on the NHS

RCN and Unison among unions urging government to protect medicines supply and NHS workforce

29 Aug 2019
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Having a difficult conversation with a donors' loved ones

Trainees will also be ‘taught to handle the emotional side of their work’

29 Aug 2019
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Nurse Anna Carey and her father, Bob Wilson. A community nurse leader's scholarship has been set up in Anna's memory

Programme is ‘ideal’ tribute to the dedication of Hertfordshire nurse Anna Carey

28 Aug 2019
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woman sits with her head in her hands, as NHS reveals stress and depression are main causes of sickness absence
Nurses and other staff deserve rapid access to mental health support – Unison
27 Aug 2019
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Continence
Paediatric Continence Forum Awards seek to promote excellence in bladder and bowel services
27 Aug 2019
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Charlie Ellis & Hannah Crichton

Charlie Ellis and Hannah Crichton say good nutrition helps patients to recover faster

26 Aug 2019
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Portions of easy to swallow hospital food are put on plates
RCN unimpressed by call for food campaigner and Bake Off judge to review NHS catering
23 Aug 2019
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Anti-abortion demonstrators display banners from the Be Here for Me group

Anti-abortion protesters will continue to be banned from getting close to Marie Stopes clinic

23 Aug 2019
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Nurse experiencing low morale

Nurses say they feel ‘invisible’ and under-resourced in terms of technology and staff

22 Aug 2019
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School nurse with a pupil

They may be the first person that vulnerable pupils turn to for help, says RCN

22 Aug 2019

Nurse lecturer’s learning tool aims to get healthcare staff talking about how they can help

20 Aug 2019

Emergency nurse practitioner at Betsi Cadwaladr health board helped set up essential service

19 Aug 2019

GPs will be urged to promote 'catch-up' vaccination to boost uptake levels

19 Aug 2019

Think tank’s suggested minimum salary threshold sparks nurse recruitment concerns

16 Aug 2019
Drainage bag covers help maintain patient dignity
15 Aug 2019

But half of respondents said they found it difficult to secure an appointment with their GP

14 Aug 2019

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