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Flu vaccination

Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children against flu in time for Christmas, partly to avoid putting older relatives at risk.

27 Nov 2017
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Patient experience of community mental health services has declined in key areas over the past three years, with more than a quarter of respondents in a Care

27 Nov 2017
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NHS leaders and charities have expressed concerns about the lack of attention given to mental health services in last week's budget, with some asking for

27 Nov 2017
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Nurse burnout
‘Patient-related burnout’ affects job performance, study finds
24 Nov 2017

Proposed changes to public sector pay would bring nurses, midwives, civil servants and manual workers under the same policy, and raise the starting salary for staff nu

24 Nov 2017
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Gideon Mendel Aids photograph

Photographs show touching scenes of four young gay men in dedicated Middlesex Hospital ward in 1993 – an era of stigma and fear before antiretroviral medications were avail

24 Nov 2017
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12-hour shift
Nursing Standard poll shows 50% of nurses favour longer shift patterns
23 Nov 2017
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Children's nurses are increasing having to deal with young people who have self harmed and need to develop more skills in dealing with such patients, the Nursing Children and Yo

23 Nov 2017
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NHS England says it needs to discuss ‘what it is possible to deliver for patients with the money available’ after failing to get as much as it requested

23 Nov 2017
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Chancellor Philip Hammond committed £2.8 billion resource funding for the NHS in England

22 Nov 2017
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NMC hearing

A Romanian nurse whose English language skills meant she was unable to communicate effectively in an emergency has had restrictions placed on her practice.

22 Nov 2017
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Child mental health

Some teenagers say that suicidal feelings are not enough to get them treatment, Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield tells Commons health commitee

22 Nov 2017

Simple safety measures to prevent frail and older patients from falling are receiving scant attention in some hospitals, and there is considerable room for improvement, the National Audit of Inpatient Falls has found

22 Nov 2017

People with learning disabilities are being made to seem like they are thieves of the state, a leading nurse has warned

21 Nov 2017

Burgundy-coloured tunic will enhance accountability of senior staff.

21 Nov 2017

People could be offered cancer screening in shopping centre car parks in a bid to boost early diagnosis rates.

21 Nov 2017

University College London professor tells Nursing Children and Young People Conference 2017 that more premature babies are surviving, but neonatal units cannot recruit enough specialist staff

21 Nov 2017

NHS say patient response crucial to drive even more improvements and a better, more representative picture of the care being provided

21 Nov 2017

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