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Cup

The NHS in England has purchased more than half a billion disposable cups over the past five years, new figures show

11 Apr 2018
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A ban on protestors demonstrating outside an abortion clinic – the first such public spaces protection order – has been agreed by council in west London in a

11 Apr 2018
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CPR with Carol Smillie

A nurse is leading a campaign in Scotland to encourage more bystanders to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by using the tune of The Proclaimers hit song I'm Gonna B

10 Apr 2018
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The heartbreaking fallout of gang violence is affecting nurses across London, the RCN’s new regional director for the capital has said

10 Apr 2018
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Prime minister Theresa May will meet nurses today to discuss the challenges they face and will also set out plans aimed at ensuring that prostate ca

10 Apr 2018
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Hospital staff parking charges

Nurses and other hospital staff are expected to pay for parking at 348 out of the 1,175 hospitals, says motoring research charity RAC Foundation 

09 Apr 2018
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Loans

RCN calls on government to write-off loan overpayments to protect over 800 students

06 Apr 2018
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An online tool has been launched to help older people worried about their mental health

06 Apr 2018
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Universal Credit

Staff raised their concerns at the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Conference.

06 Apr 2018
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Beverly Ingram

Training hubs allow groups of practices to share and plan nurse training

05 Apr 2018
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Clare_Murdoch

Clinical commissioning groups must increase their spending on mental health faster than the overall growth in health spending

05 Apr 2018
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University admissions

RCN says one third fewer nursing student applicants in England since tuition fees replaced the bursary in 2016

05 Apr 2018

Resilience, changing nursing roles and financial challenges will be discussed at an international conference of nurse academics

04 Apr 2018

More than one third of NHS trusts have failed to sign up to a scheme to cut sales of sugary drinks in hospitals, new figures show

04 Apr 2018

The Welsh Government has announced record numbers of NHS front-line staff working in Wales – yet the number of nurses, midwives and health visitors went up by only 0.6%.

03 Apr 2018

Midwives can help keep people who have experienced domestic abuse safe by ensuring they remain anonymous on the electoral roll  

03 Apr 2018

Nursing and Midwifery Council approved the fee freeze when deciding on its budget for the coming financial year

03 Apr 2018

A new series of BBC documentary, Hospital will reveal the full effects the latest winter crisis has had on the NHS

29 Mar 2018

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