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Mindfulness

A session of mindfulness lasting just 11 minutes could help heavy drinkers start to cut back on alcohol consumption, according to a new study.

25 Aug 2017
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Sanitary products

So-called 'period poverty' is leading to some school nurses having to provide sanitary towels for pupils who cannot afford to buy them.

25 Aug 2017
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Nurses, patients and other healthcare staff back RCN's digital day of action by tweeting why the public sector pay cap must go

25 Aug 2017
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Children with asthma, epilepsy and diabetes are at risk in the classroom due to the accelerating loss of school nurses, the RCN warns.

25 Aug 2017
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Sir Tony Robinson and Rob Delaney

Comic actors and political activists Sir Tony Robinson and Rob Delaney are to speak at the RCN’s biggest-ever rally next month.

24 Aug 2017
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Poor exercise

More than six million adults in England do not even manage a brisk 10-minute walk each month.

24 Aug 2017
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International students’ effect on the UK labour market is to be assessed by independent migration advisors.

24 Aug 2017
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The RCN is calling on the Scottish government to make equipping district nursing teams with mobile devices and apps ‘a priority at all levels’.

24 Aug 2017
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Whistle_blowing

A nationwide pilot to help NHS whistleblowers back into work has been launched by NHS England.

24 Aug 2017
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Nurses doing bar shifts

Nurses are missing special family occasions as they take on work in bars and extra shifts just to make ends meet.

24 Aug 2017
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Giving more people first aid training might help ease strain on busy emergency departments, a new report suggests.

24 Aug 2017
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Jane Ball
'Lower staffing levels put patient lives at risk'
24 Aug 2017

The prime minister has admitted mental health services for young people in the UK are ‘patchy’ but that plans to rectify the gaps are already underway.

23 Aug 2017

Care concerns raised by prostate cancer specialist nurses are being overlooked by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), according to a new study.

23 Aug 2017

Nurses have expressed support for fundraisers whose donations were rejected by an NHS trust because their fancy dress nurse outfits were ‘demeaning’.

23 Aug 2017

Nurses and midwives are being reminded that they should get themselves to a place of safety in the event of a terrorist attack.

23 Aug 2017

An infection prevention nurse has turned his hand to board game design to help fellow health professionals to understand and manage clostridium difficile (C.difficile).

23 Aug 2017

The RCN wants nurses to share their stories on the effects of pay restraint as part of a digital day of action on 25 August

22 Aug 2017

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