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Chris Carter

Resource for those starting out in defence nursing is being developed by the RCN and Birmingham City University. 

23 Nov 2016
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staff re-enactment

Emergency department nurses in London find a novel way to improve care.

23 Nov 2016
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Discussing fertility with teenagers

Valerie Peddie has emphasised the lack of fertility knowledge among young people with cancer

23 Nov 2016
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Birds_&_Bees

Fathers are being left out of involvement in their children’s healthcare with potentially devastating consequences, international nursing experts will hear today.

23 Nov 2016
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UK_patients_ID

Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to receive some forms of NHS care.

22 Nov 2016
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Health visitor cuts
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is making cuts from its health visitor workforce because it will receive less money to provide public health services in the next fo
22 Nov 2016
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Jane Cummings

Nurses need to get better at trumpeting their unique role in patient care, says England’s chief nurse.

22 Nov 2016
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Cecilia Anim

Nursing staff working across the world hold the solutions to many of the biggest challenges facing humanity, says the Royal College of Nursing.

22 Nov 2016
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record numbers

A record number of front-line NHS staff including nurses have received flu vaccinations this year.

22 Nov 2016
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palliative care
A report from Together for Short Lives and Hospice UK reveals huge reductions in local authority funding.
22 Nov 2016
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Mike Richards

Chief inspector of England’s hospitals pledges his teams will look at provision for carers of people with dementia.

21 Nov 2016
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Hospice choir

A nurse and a 94-year-old patient are among the singers hoping for a hit single this Christmas.

21 Nov 2016
The Council of Deans of Health has announced the appointment of a new executive director.
21 Nov 2016
New BBC4 documentary tells the story of the thousands of women from the Caribbean and Africa who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health service.
21 Nov 2016

Nursing associates will only be able to administer medicines if suitably trained and competent, in settings where it is deemed appropriate, and will be guided by employer medicines management policies, according to Health Education England (HEE).

18 Nov 2016
Dame Julie Moore described the situation at her NHS trust post-Brexit to a House of Lords select committee.
18 Nov 2016

Nurse who volunteered to fight Ebola in West Africa denies dishonestly recording Pauline Cafferkey’s temperature. 

18 Nov 2016

Ms Anim will remain in post for the next two years following a membership vote.

18 Nov 2016

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