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Andrea Spyropoulos

Nursing Children and Young People Conference hears about service that relieves pressure on hospital's emergency department.

10 Nov 2017
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early pregnancy care

Information will help clinical nurse specialists to support women concerned about a complication in the first trimester of pregnancy.

10 Nov 2017
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Life balance

The number of nurses and health visitors leaving trusts in England because of work-life balance issues has more than doubled in the past five years

10 Nov 2017
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RCN president Cecilia Anim placed a cross at Westminster Abbey's Field of Remembrance. 

10 Nov 2017
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The world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, says she hopes families who undergo the latest fertility treatments are not subject to the same harassment her

10 Nov 2017
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Chief nursing officer for Wales Jean White, who was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, has received the award from the Queen

09 Nov 2017
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Maternity units have been urged to investigate after figures revealed differences in care for mothers and babies across Britain.

09 Nov 2017
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A doctor’s film about mothers whose children were born with complex special needs, highlighting the lack of specialist services when they reach adulthood

09 Nov 2017
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Safe staffing

NHS Improvement's draft resource on safe staffing in emergency care fails to recommend specific overall nurse-to-patient ratios

08 Nov 2017
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Cancer survival rates

Survival rates data gleaned from 2015 on patients diagnosed with cancer between 2012 and 2013.

08 Nov 2017
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Three health charities are calling for a £4 billion injection of cash into the NHS in this month's Budget, saying that without it patients will wait

08 Nov 2017
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Great Ormond Street Hospital chief nurse Juliette Greenwood waves goodbye to the 'continual journey of learning and self-improvement' as she retires from

08 Nov 2017

Sophie Proud, who overcame many health problems in childhood after being born at 24 weeks’ gestation, graduated as a children’s nurse and now works at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough

07 Nov 2017

Two awards of £750 are available for qualified nurses, undergraduate and postgraduate students.

07 Nov 2017

Patient safety and quality of care are at risk due to a workforce gap in the NHS, health leaders have said.

07 Nov 2017

Alcohol and drug users may not get the same access to end of life care as other people, researchers tell an addictions conference.

07 Nov 2017

The NHS's first emergency department for older people is being set up to meet the needs of an ageing population.

06 Nov 2017

Smartphone app promises users a video consultation within two hours, but many conditions are ineligible.

06 Nov 2017

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