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Practice nurse eating disorder

Report on death of Averil Hart ‘should be a wake-up call to health leaders’ to make urgent improvements to adult eating disorder services

12 Dec 2017
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Kate Garraway and Dorcas Gwata
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
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Snowed under
Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
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The risk of heart attack and stroke rises immediately after a cold snap, and the number of people admitted to accident and emergency departments is likely to

11 Dec 2017

A severe shortage of specialist staff means people with cancer are facing delays in receiving a diagnosis and accessing treatment, MPs warn.

08 Dec 2017
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Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million investment in education and training, adding 161 places across

08 Dec 2017
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Maria Trewern

NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in January – with the aim to speak out and ‘prioritise safe staffing’ – a

08 Dec 2017
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The RCN is calling for a long-term plan to address the strain on health services in what is expected to be one of the worst winters for years

08 Dec 2017
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Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017
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More people with anxiety and depression are gaining access to NHS talking therapies in England, official data show

07 Dec 2017
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Patients are to receive more support from volunteers in NHS hospitals in England, with a new organisation pledging to double their number over the next f

07 Dec 2017
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NMC headquarters

Professional Standards Authority takes case to High Court after NMC rules nurse acted in self-defence when he punched a vulnerable patient.

06 Dec 2017

NHS England saves four cardiac surgery services provided they meet new care standards.

06 Dec 2017

RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe will join thousands of fundraisers this weekend for a charity sleep-out in Edinburgh in support of homeless people

06 Dec 2017

Health visitors in England fear falling numbers could be putting children’s lives at risk, a new survey reveals.

05 Dec 2017

A new strategy to improve staffing in NHS cancer services unveiled by Health Education England will create a competency and skills framework for the role of cancer clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and create career pathways for the specialism

05 Dec 2017

Persuading more nurses and other NHS staff to have the flu vaccination could dramatically reduce overall sickness absence rates, a study shows

05 Dec 2017

Action is needed to address obesity among healthcare staff, with one in four nurses in England dangerously overweight, researchers say

05 Dec 2017

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