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GPs in training will receive a 'golden hello' of £20,000 if they start their careers in the countryside or on the coast in a bid to boost the number of family

12 Oct 2017
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Staff figure falls for first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013. 

12 Oct 2017
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NHS pay rise

Ministers have been warned they will need to find additional funding for the NHS if staff are to receive pay rises above 1%.

11 Oct 2017
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Stop assaults

Nurses who have been assaulted while at work will lobby MPs next week to push for tougher sanctions for those who attack NHS staff.

11 Oct 2017
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Jeremy Hunt
Health secretary made the announcement to MPs
10 Oct 2017
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NMC

Six ‘platforms’ trainees are expected to reach on registration include accountability, health promotion, improving care and health promotion

10 Oct 2017
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The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising demand and increasing numbers of patients with preventable illnesses,

10 Oct 2017
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Mental health vacancies

Regional vacancy breakdown highlights ‘deepening postcode lottery’ of care and chronic shortage of nurses, RCN warns

09 Oct 2017
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Dying comfortably in very old age

Improved training for community palliative care should be a priority, in order to make life more comfortable for the growing number of older old people, researchers have said.

09 Oct 2017
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Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they explain how reductions in staffing levels are leaving them vulnerable to

09 Oct 2017
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Prince Harry is teaming up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to promote a new mental health strategy for armed forces personnel.

09 Oct 2017
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People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being treated with dogs, rabbits and rats as part of an animal therapy programme at a Manche

09 Oct 2017

A new film and booklet will help people have conversations about death and dying, and offer advice on talking to healthcare professionals about their relatives.

06 Oct 2017

A change in the law allows schools to purchase spare adrenaline auto-injectors to use on children with serious allergies.

06 Oct 2017
Universities to get share of £4.9 million funding
06 Oct 2017

A tribute to nurse Margaret (Margot) Kerr Grey Allan (1932-2017).

06 Oct 2017

Prescribing nurses based in Scotland joined in a series of lively debates at a free conference.

05 Oct 2017

Proposals for England receive warm welcome.

05 Oct 2017

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