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An award scheme to recognise nurses and other healthcare staff who provide exceptional care to bereaved parents has been launched by actress Kym Marsh for the

14 Mar 2018
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John McDonnell
Chancellor urged to drop nurse annual leave 'offer'
13 Mar 2018
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NHS managers are reminded of their responsibilities to ensure nursing staff can take breaks in new guidance from the RCN

13 Mar 2018
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Changes to legislation mean nurses and midwives can provide supporting statements for people who fear registering using their name and address will jeopardise their safety

13 Mar 2018
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Speaking at the Chief Nursing Officer summit, nurse researcher Linda Aiken criticised lack of workforce planning and reliance on nurses from other worldwide countries.

13 Mar 2018
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Wales is making good progress towards fully implementing safe staffing legislation, a conference heard.

12 Mar 2018
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Technology for ageing population

With ten million Britons currently alive expected to reach the age of 100, more than £300 million is to be invested in developing technologies to support them

12 Mar 2018
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Long waits

Patients should write to their MP calling for action on the serious challenges facing emergency departments (EDs) across England, the Royal College of Emergency Medici

12 Mar 2018
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Staff motivation and involvement are not only good for employee’s health, but saves trusts’ millions of pounds in agency fees, a new report has foun

12 Mar 2018
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Three Ps toolkit

England chief nursing officer Jane Cummings and Public Health England’s Viv Bennett promoting optimal health via the ‘three Ps’ – Prevention,  Protection

12 Mar 2018
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Chemotherapy risks

Website launched to highlight the risks healthcare professionals face when providing chemotherapy to patients

09 Mar 2018
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But staff must give up a day's holiday, reports say
09 Mar 2018

Hundreds of nurses who work alone in the community have been victims of violence, with assaults over as three-year period at 31 trusts including sexual assault, hostage situations, headbutting, biting, strangulation and use of a weapon, an investigation by Nursing Standard show

09 Mar 2018

Three London hospitals are offering men mpMRI scans to detect prostate cancer in one-day service

08 Mar 2018

Technology should be used to enable nurses to know their shift pattern a year in advance, which would help people working under pressure and cut sickness rates, Jeremy Hunt tells the Chief Nursing Officer’s Summit

08 Mar 2018

Almost 75,000 NHS beds in England have been closed due to norovirus over the course of the winter, new analysis of NHS figures suggest

08 Mar 2018

England's chief nursing officer has called on universities to expand the number of nursing student places offered, as part of her drive to improve nurse numbers

08 Mar 2018

Chief nursing officer acknowledges nurses’ frustration over funding cuts, but says profession should explore other opportunities for development and training

08 Mar 2018

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