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University of Ulster

Protests over plans to drastically cut the nurse training budget for Northern Ireland appear to have led to a partial victory.

28 Jun 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn

MPs debated Labour Party amendment to the Queen's Speech to lift the public sector pay cap.

28 Jun 2017
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Busy_GP_surgery

Plans by GP practices to divert patients away from overwhelmed surgeries must involve nurses, the RCN said.

28 Jun 2017
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Out-of-area care

Patients are being asked to travel as far as 500 miles from home in order to access mental health services.

28 Jun 2017
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Bursary protest

Confusion surrounds a pledge to create 10,000 extra nurse training places following the scrapping of the NHS bursary.

28 Jun 2017
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Survey of council directors of social services across England found there are plans to save £824 million on social care, with at least 39% from cuts to services.

28 Jun 2017
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suicide

Psychiatrists say families should be seen as potential partners in suicide prevention.

28 Jun 2017
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Nearly six in ten clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are failing to ensure targets are met for talking therapies.

28 Jun 2017
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NHS pay cap

The public sector pay cap could be removed just a day after RCN nurses took to the streets to demand better pay.

27 Jun 2017
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Nursing demo

Nurses across England and Scotland intensified their demands for a pay rise as the RCN's summer of protest began.

27 Jun 2017
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Rachel Power

The Patients Association’s appointment of Rachel Power as chief executive marks the start of a ‘new chapter’ for the charity.

27 Jun 2017
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Child mental health

Teachers who have been given special training to deal with pupils' mental health problems will make a 'real difference to children's lives', says prime minister.

27 Jun 2017

Suzanne Goodall Award will be presented to a paediatric nurse at RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards.

27 Jun 2017

RCN's campaign for fair nurse pay begins with vigil in Norwich and 'scrap the cap' rallies across England and Scotland.

27 Jun 2017

Cutting £1 million from a Northern Ireland university’s specialist nurse training budget is ‘a risk to the quality and safety of patient care’.

26 Jun 2017

More than a hundred nurses were on site at Glastonbury this weekend to ensure the good health of revellers, young and old.

26 Jun 2017

A new charitable trust aims to promote the history and values of Victorian nurse Mary Seacole.

23 Jun 2017

Northern Ireland’s first clinical nurse specialist for young people and a Macmillan nurse who developed a new screening tool shared the RCN Cancer Nurse of the Year award.

23 Jun 2017

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