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Too many older people are ‘suffering in silence’ when things go wrong with their NHS care, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has said.

17 Aug 2017
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Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to help teenagers improve their mental health by offering a new awareness course on the flagship national ser

17 Aug 2017
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Infection prevention experts say there is ‘no evidence’ low nurse numbers played a part in the rise in cases of a potentially deadly fungus appearing on hospi

16 Aug 2017
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Healthcare assistants had a brush with stardom when they marched with Sir Ian McKellen at Pride

16 Aug 2017
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A tribute to University of Hertforshire senior lecturer Anne Campbell who died last month.

16 Aug 2017
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Almost 190,000 new care home places will be needed in less than two decades to meet soaring demand, experts predict.

16 Aug 2017
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Two thirds of those who turned 18 last year did not have jab
16 Aug 2017
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All babies born in Scotland from today to be given a box of essential items in a bid to tackle inequality and promote health

15 Aug 2017
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More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of drug-resistant fungus during outbreaks at UK hospitals.

15 Aug 2017
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Senior nurses have praised the role of specialist palliative care (SPC) teams in providing education and training on end of life care for staff in care home a

15 Aug 2017
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NHS staff are being reminded about the potentially serious consequences of prying into patients’ records after a healthcare assistant (HCA) accessed medical i

15 Aug 2017
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More than 600 children and young people have been treated for type 2 diabetes, prompting fresh concerns about a childhood obesity 'time bomb'.

14 Aug 2017

Nurses with backgrounds in mental health services or experience of providing psychological therapies are needed to join a team supporting the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

14 Aug 2017

Nurses living in London are being offered free tickets to the House of Common music festival in a gesture of gratitude to the capital's emergency and public sector workers.

14 Aug 2017

A hospital in Essex has appointed the UK’s first dedicated Macmillan bereavement nurse.

14 Aug 2017
RCN says trusts over-reliant on unregistered staff
14 Aug 2017

A hospital's award-winning scheme – which helps patients recover faster from surgery side effects by keeping them hydrated pre-operation – is being shared nationwide.

11 Aug 2017

A Pulse agency nurse has described the moment she ran to help fellow passengers on a double-decker bus which crashed through the window of a shop in London.

11 Aug 2017

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