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Sarah Wollaston

The Commons health committee has launched an inquiry into pressures facing the nursing workforce.

14 Sep 2017
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Kate Granger wards

Staff from 25 trusts that responded to the terror attacks in Manchester and London and the Grenfell Tower fire received special recognition awards at the Kate Granger

14 Sep 2017
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MPs back call for end to the public sector pay cap for NHS
14 Sep 2017
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Mother and baby

Four new mother and baby units will open in England to support women with the most serious mental health conditions.

13 Sep 2017
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Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists are to be urged to look out for symptoms of sepsis, Jeremy Hunt has announced.

13 Sep 2017
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Flu vaccine

NHS England head warns of a 'pressurised' winter after reports of hospitals in the southern hemisphere struggling to cope with the flu season

12 Sep 2017
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RCN rejoin ICN

A debate has started over whether the RCN should rejoin a global federation of nurses.

12 Sep 2017
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Suicide figures have fallen over the last year, but more than 5,600 people still lost their life in 2016.

12 Sep 2017
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Leading nurse and midwife Valerie McGurk, a 2002 Nurse Awards commendee, will fundraise for Cancer Research UK in her retirement.

12 Sep 2017
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Claire Murdoch

Reducing the 7,600 nursing and midwifery vacancies across England’s mental health services will be a ‘challenge’, senior health figures have admitted.

12 Sep 2017
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People with mental health problems are subject to huge variation across the UK in access to consultant psychiatrists, according to a new analysis.

12 Sep 2017
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More than one in 10 of the world's pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates.

12 Sep 2017

The 1% pay cap is set to be lifted for police and prison officers, prompting speculation that nurses’ pay may increase too.

12 Sep 2017

Britain's shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends following last year's Brexit referendum continue, the government has been warned.

12 Sep 2017

Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer, research shows.

12 Sep 2017

City-dwelling children with serious asthma may have fewer symptoms if they live close to green parks, nurse-led research suggests.

08 Sep 2017
Just 2% of nurses at the top of the NHS in England self-identify as BME
08 Sep 2017

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