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eye

An eye care company is offering £1 million worth of laser eye surgery to nurses and other NHS and emergency services workers.

21 Jul 2017
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Summer of protest
College to stage Scrap the Cap rally in September
21 Jul 2017
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mourners with sunflowers
Nurse who died in the London Bridge terror attack honoured
20 Jul 2017
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vaccine

A vaccine for gonorrhoea offers hope in the fight against drug-resistant sexually transmitted infections, a study has found.

20 Jul 2017
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Art classes

Report by MPs and peers says the NHS should use ‘arts-on-prescription’ programmes in an effort to improve patients’ health and well-being.

20 Jul 2017
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Guildford crown court

Nurse team leader's role included investigating sick leave at his trust.

20 Jul 2017
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Less mental health staff

A falling number of mental health nurses has been linked with 'increased risk' in a new England-wide Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

20 Jul 2017
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Derek Lewis

Organisations looking after people who have learning disabilities could collapse due to a £400 million bill for back pay for carers, the chair of Me

19 Jul 2017
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NMC hearing

Only one in five referrals to fitness to practise proceedings concern patient care.

19 Jul 2017
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smith

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith received a pay rise of almost £20,000 in the past year, according to the regulator’s annual report.

19 Jul 2017
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Postnatal depression

There is an urgent need for mental healthcare funding for expectant and new mothers, say leading midwives.

19 Jul 2017
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Dementia

People who do not have the ability to choose how they are cared for are being 'let down' by the very institutions charged with their care, an ombudsman has warned.

19 Jul 2017

Unions have cautiously welcomed an overhaul to ambulance responses targets that will see fewer 999 calls regarded as life-threatening.

18 Jul 2017
Part of government plans for 'smoke-free generation'
18 Jul 2017

The NHS will look overseas to recruit about 2,000 more GPs in order to meet its staff targets, the head of NHS England has said.

18 Jul 2017

Middlesex University helps healthcare assistants to transition to nursing.

18 Jul 2017

Nurses are among Cardiff hospital staff who are ‘devastated’ by decision on parking tickets that has left many owing hundreds of pounds.

18 Jul 2017

The RCN has warned that children's health is in crisis and called for the role of school nurses to be championed.

17 Jul 2017

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