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Jane Cummings

Jane Cummings used her summit speech to promote a new nursing recruitment campaign

07 Mar 2018
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Nursing leader Hilary Chapman from Barnsley has been made a Dame, Commander of the Order of the British Empire

07 Mar 2018
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SOAS picket

University and College Union members halfway through series of strikes about pension contributions they say will leave lecturers £10,000 worse off in retireme

07 Mar 2018
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Handwashing

Questionnaire focuses on nurses’ skin care and the effects of repeatedly washing hands

06 Mar 2018
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Depressed nurse

More than one third of NHS staff in England have experienced work-related stress in the past year, according to the largest workforce survey in the world

06 Mar 2018
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London-based nurses say their right to statutory holiday pay was not made clear by NHS Professionals, and now it’s too late to claim

06 Mar 2018
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NHS England’s director of nursing Hilary Garratt has received a CBE from Prince William in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace

06 Mar 2018
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An illustrated book to inform people with learning disabilities about attending church has been published

05 Mar 2018
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A-levels

Martin Steggall says ‘the acquisition of A-levels isn’t necessarily a good proxy measure for being a good nurse'.

05 Mar 2018
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woman stares through window

Residential mental health rehabilitation is too far from family support for most patients, inspectors say

05 Mar 2018
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PJ paralysis campaign
Drive to improve hospital discharge rates launched
05 Mar 2018
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Academic tells RCN Wales leadership summit changes to preregistration education are a start, but further measures are needed to deliver holistic, community-based care

05 Mar 2018

Breastfeeding Friend digital app developed by Start4Life can be activated via Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant device 

05 Mar 2018

Philip Graf, a law graduate who has held key roles in the media and government regulation, will succeed Dame Janet Finch as chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), taking over the post in May

02 Mar 2018

Only 1% more health and social care staff in Scotland feel there is sufficient staffing at their workplace compared to three years ago, a survey has found

02 Mar 2018
Nurses are going above and beyond to get to work during the snow storm
02 Mar 2018

Guidelines for suicide prevention have been set out in an attempt to reduce the number of people taking their lives in public spaces and prisons

02 Mar 2018

RCN gives evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee stating that one quarter of nurses had not engaged with the sustainability and transformation partnerships process

01 Mar 2018

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