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People waiting in A&E departments should be given Wi-Fi access, emergency care doctors say.

02 Aug 2017
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Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated agreement with unions.

01 Aug 2017
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MPs Karen Lee and Maria Caulfield

A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after agreeing to host a Scr

01 Aug 2017
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Schools should teach children about the importance of breastfeeding, according to new guidance.

01 Aug 2017
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Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
01 Aug 2017
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Vaccine

A 'six in one' immunisation for babies born from today will replace the 'five in one' vaccine, adding protection against hepatitis B.

01 Aug 2017
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Malta nursing course

Northumbria University has been chosen to train nurses from Malta as part of a response to a national shortage in their home country.

31 Jul 2017
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HIV testing

Offering routine HIV tests to people registering with new GP surgeries in high risk areas is cost effective and could save lives, a study has shown.

31 Jul 2017
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The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national newspaper to complain about the negative portrayal of nurses in one of

31 Jul 2017
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Nurse Shirley Hannan has retired after 57 years working for the NHS.

31 Jul 2017
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Bethany Shipsey

A nurse whose daughter died after taking online diet pills containing a toxic chemical is calling for tighter controls on its supply.

31 Jul 2017
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Jeremy Hunt
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017

Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause uproar once revealed.

28 Jul 2017

Approximately 25 beds closed to admissions at Altnagelvin Area Hospital to ensure patient safety.

28 Jul 2017

England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan for practice nursing. 

28 Jul 2017

The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government continues its refusal to scrap the pay cap, the college’s general secretary has warned.

28 Jul 2017
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017

Staff volunteers at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have signed up to the Slimpod system to help them lose weight. 

27 Jul 2017

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