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Unions are in talks to bring NHS salaries in line with those in the rest of the UK

06 Jun 2019
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HAIs more likely on wards where there are too few registered nursing staff

05 Jun 2019
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Many cases preventable if nursing staff in sexual and reproductive health are ‘valued’

05 Jun 2019
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Thorpe Coombe Hospital

New analysis sparks RCN warning of a ‘recruitment and retention crisis’, especially in London

04 Jun 2019
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Practice nurses

NHS England figures show rise in practice nurse numbers, despite a claim of surgery closures

04 Jun 2019
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Interim NHS People Plan also includes creation of a ‘compassionate workplace culture’

03 Jun 2019
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Whorlton Hall

Care Quality Commission aims to improve its regulation of similar services

03 Jun 2019
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Niall McCrae

Niall McCrae works at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery

03 Jun 2019
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Hospital smoking ban

Public Health England campaign demands a smoke-free health service

31 May 2019
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The Health Foundation is calling for an urgent shake-up in funding

31 May 2019
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It’s an opportunity to put the work of nurses and midwives in the spotlight
29 May 2019
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College members want RCN to work with ministers to tackle loneliness

28 May 2019

Nurse activists highlight effects of socioeconomic disadvantage on children and families

28 May 2019
RCN members applaud London’s fire chief for supporting staff affected by traumatic events
27 May 2019

Redthread’s violence intervention programme provides hospital-based support for young people

27 May 2019

Nurses urge RCN council to lobby government, after BBC programme shows alleged abuse

24 May 2019

Parents urged to ensure those who have missed MMR vaccine receive it before they travel

24 May 2019
RCN council told to lobby for better healthcare in rural areas amid ‘unsustainable pressure’
24 May 2019

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