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Child mental health

New scheme will fund senior leads for mental health in English schools and colleges

04 Dec 2017
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man faces panel

Care home nurse touched colleague while caring for a resident

04 Dec 2017
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Theatre nurses

Theatre nurses could begin 2018 on strike over claims that newly-enforced shift rotas put patient safety at risk.

04 Dec 2017
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The number of mature students accepted onto nursing degree courses has heavily declined with the removal of the bursary, official figures published

04 Dec 2017
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Joanna O'Toole

Nominations are now open for one of nursing’s most prestigious accolades, in which patients put forward the name of a nurse who has made a difference to the c

04 Dec 2017
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More funding for nurses' continuing professional development will be found, according to the chief of England's national workforce body

01 Dec 2017
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A group of community nurses in Scotland are to receive the title of Queen's Nurse at a ceremony in Edinburgh this evening

01 Dec 2017
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Nursing remains the most trusted profession in Britain for a second consecutive year, the annual Ipsos MORI survey has revealed

01 Dec 2017
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Learning disability nursing

RCN general secretary Janet Davies says shortage of specialist nurses is ‘very, very worrying’.

30 Nov 2017
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Draft guidance on the reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children and young people, has been put out for consultation&

30 Nov 2017
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Janet Davies

Government suggestions that any pay rise for nurses must be linked to improved productivity are insulting, says RCN general secretary Janet Davies.

30 Nov 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council says more than 4,000 nurses and midwives have expressed interest in joining its register following an overhau

30 Nov 2017

Regulator says nursing associates will be subject to the same processes as nurses and midwives, so proposes they pay the same £120 yearly fee to register

30 Nov 2017
Nurses recruited on 'earn, learn and return' scheme
29 Nov 2017

UK-wide survey of 500 people reveals one in five (21%) are unable to control symptom flare ups and seek help in emergency departments two or more times in a year

28 Nov 2017

Nursing and Midwifery Council proposal could see nursing associates pay £120 a year to register – despite being on a lower pay band

28 Nov 2017

Do not be lulled into false sense of security by budget announcements, nurses warn RCN leaders.

27 Nov 2017

Executive director of nursing based in the Middle East who trained at Great Ormond Street Hospital has become its new chief nurse

27 Nov 2017

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