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Substitution

International Council of Nurses warns that use of under-qualified staff can affect patient safety

17 Aug 2018
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A young woman being vaccinated by a nurse

First-year students are at elevated risk of meningococcal infection

17 Aug 2018
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Scotland Pay Vote

Deal leaves nurses in Scotland ‘significantly better paid’ than those elsewhere in the UK 

17 Aug 2018
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Stephen Barclay

RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’

17 Aug 2018
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Exam results
Reform of nurse student funding appears to be failing to boost staff and student numbers
16 Aug 2018
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CPR in schools

Education would include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and dealing with common injuries

15 Aug 2018
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A nurse puts a reassuring hand on the shoulder of a patient

The Scottish government’s suicide prevention action plan aims to reduce deaths by 20%

15 Aug 2018
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A group of nurses in a room with a young man with an LD
There are 2,000 fewer learning disability nurses than eight years ago
14 Aug 2018
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Court of Appeal
Bank nurse Isabel Amaro was struck off after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
14 Aug 2018
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Voting

Postal ballot will run from 11 October to 14 November

13 Aug 2018
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A&E

Researchers find the effects of increased journey times to EDs are offset by other factors

13 Aug 2018
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Several students sat in a lecture theatre
Nursing associate apprenticeships are almost 1,500 below projected numbers
10 Aug 2018

Nurse Sarah Kuteh accepts she 'went too far' by giving a patient her Bible, spokesperson said

10 Aug 2018
Salford Royal trust hopes incentive of affordable, temporary housing will help fill vacancies
10 Aug 2018

Figures ‘expose the untenable short-staffing crisis across the NHS’

10 Aug 2018

Nurses and midwives report lack of time for continuing professional development

09 Aug 2018

NHS England figures reveal a surge in the number of people with respiratory problems this summer

09 Aug 2018

Call follows study which suggests the use of the drug Ritalin to treat children with ADHD be stepped up

09 Aug 2018

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