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Unite demonstration

Cleaners, porters and security staff at four London hospitals will stage three-day strike over pay.

03 Jul 2017
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Kate Granger

Chief nurse urges more nurses to nominate colleagues and teams for Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards.

03 Jul 2017
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Reece Holt

Some parents of children with cancer spend thousands of pounds every year on travel for treatment, figures suggest.

03 Jul 2017
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Elizabeth Anionwu

Real and fictional nurses gathered together at the weekend to celebrate the 70th birthday of Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu.

03 Jul 2017
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Sue Pembrey

Sue Pembrey Award is mainly aimed at band 6 and 7 nurses.

03 Jul 2017
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Shingles vaccination

Office of London Clinical Commissioning Groups launches campaign to promote shingles vaccine. 

03 Jul 2017
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Jill Maben

Jill Maben will leave King’s College London for professor of nursing post at the University of Surrey.

03 Jul 2017
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Leaving NMC

More nurses and midwives are leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register than are joining it.

03 Jul 2017
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Antidepressants

NHS Digital figures show that antidepressant items dispensed in the community rose from 31 million in 2006 to 64.7 million in 2016.

30 Jun 2017
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Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole Trust will work to enable next generation of nurses from black or minority ethnic backgrounds to achieve their potential.

30 Jun 2017
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cap

The Scottish finance minister has committed to lifting the public-sector pay cap in Scotland, but is yet to announce details.

30 Jun 2017
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Woman at airport

Conservative government makes additional money available to allow Northern Irish women to have abortion in England.

30 Jun 2017

A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who spoke out against the public sector pay cap during yesterday’s debate has defended voting against the Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech.

29 Jun 2017

NHS trusts across south east England are running courses for emergency nurses that help them share best practice.

29 Jun 2017

The Council of Deans of Health has marked its 20th anniversary by unveiling a new strategy for the coming three years – as well as its next chairman.

29 Jun 2017

NHS Improvement moves to tackle nurse and clinical staff vacancies in England.

29 Jun 2017

A third of people with long-term conditions such as asthma and arthritis who pay for their prescriptions have not picked up their medicines due to cost, research for the Prescription Charges Coalition suggests.

29 Jun 2017

The Scottish government has set out plans for 2,600 nursing and midwifery training places over four years. 

29 Jun 2017

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