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Smoking rates across the UK continue to fall, with a sharp decline since 2010 among younger people, figures show.

16 Jun 2017
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Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt tells health leaders he will discuss pay with general secretary
15 Jun 2017
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Jackie Doyle-Price

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health following the general election.

15 Jun 2017
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NHS Employers sets out elements of a sustainable workforce supply strategy for the health service.

15 Jun 2017
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Grenfell Tower

Two nurses have told of their struggle to care for patients following a huge tower block fire in London.

15 Jun 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has launched a consultation on prescribing and standards for medicines management.

15 Jun 2017
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The Queen's Nursing Institute has announced the creation of a new student award. 

14 Jun 2017
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Supreme Court

A mother and daughter who want women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England have vowed to fight on after a narrow defeat at the

14 Jun 2017
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No smoking

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust reports a 39% reduction in the number of physical assaults after prohibiting smoking in the buildings and grounds of its hosp

14 Jun 2017
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Nurse-led interventions and senior nurses bridging the gap between management and ward staff are among the initiatives credited for turning round poor-perform

14 Jun 2017
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The Brexit Health Alliance brings together the NHS, medical research, industry, patients and public health organisations.

14 Jun 2017
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Stephen Dorrell at Confed17

Staff must be 'fairly rewarded for the commitments they make'.

14 Jun 2017

International Longevity Centre says seven healthcare innovations could save the NHS £18.5 billion and the social care sector £6.3 billion.

14 Jun 2017

Senior midwife who admitted misconduct after failing to pass on information about shortcomings in care has been removed from the NMC register.

14 Jun 2017

London’s emergency incident response teams have again been tested after a major fire ripped through a block of flats.

14 Jun 2017

RCN uses infant mental health awareness week to highlight work of health visitors.

13 Jun 2017

A nurse peer has welcomed the presence of five professional colleagues in the House of Commons as she prepares to make her long-awaited return to the House of Lords.

13 Jun 2017

The nurse who survived Ebola three times has completed a fundraising challenge in the country where she contracted the deadly disease.

13 Jun 2017

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