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Organising groups for London march are calling for better funding and an end to all privatisation in the health service

19 Jan 2018
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Seacole mural

Children at south London schools will create a piece of work for Mary Seacole Trust competition, and winners will become its first young ambassadors

18 Jan 2018
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Half of heart attack survivors are missing out on a potentially life-saving rehabilitation service, the British Heart Foundation say

18 Jan 2018
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The RCN has launched a survey asking nurses for their views on consent for organ and tissue donation in the first review of the college’s position on consent

18 Jan 2018
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RCN says staff shortages, relentless pressure and poor pay forcing nurse leaders to quit.

17 Jan 2018
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A London council is considering banning protesters from gathering outside an abortion clinic to prevent the harassment and intimidation of women visiting the

17 Jan 2018
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Joan Norris and Yasmin Kamara

Improved autonomy of 'Buurtzorg' care model impresses staff at leading trust

16 Jan 2018
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Emergency department presentations more to do with multiple conditions than shortcomings in GP care, study says

16 Jan 2018
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Workforce in England has fallen by 13% since 2009
16 Jan 2018
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The RCN and other health unions have written a letter to the government demanding it releases emergency funds for the NHS

15 Jan 2018
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Charlotte McArdle

Country’s chief nursing officer says overseas recruitment is ‘temporary measure’ while supply of newly qualified nurses increases to cope with demand and ageing w

15 Jan 2018
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Flu jab

England's chief medical officer has added her voice to calls for a debate on whether flu vaccinations should be mandatory for front-line health staff

12 Jan 2018

Decisive action is needed to address falls in the number of learning disability nurses if ‘catastrophic’ consequences are to be avoided, a consultant nurse has warned after figures showing declines in the discipline

12 Jan 2018
Increasing nurse numbers could boost patient satisfaction with quality of care
11 Jan 2018

Fashion designer lends his expertise to create ‘positive, comforting environment’ for patients and staff at London hospital ward, as part of the Nightingale Project

11 Jan 2018

NHS Providers’ chief executive Chris Hopson outlines ‘fragility’ of the wider health service and calls for extra long-term investments in a damning letter to the health and social care secretary 

11 Jan 2018

An NHS trust struggling to recruit nurses has refuted reports of possible delays to cancer chemotherapy services

10 Jan 2018

More than 100 nursing students have been trained as 'sepsis champions' to spot the signs of the potentially fatal blood poisoning.

10 Jan 2018

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