Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council recently confirmed that it will be the regulator for the new nursing associate role.
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RCN chief executive Janet Davies has said nurses are at ‘breaking point’, with frontline staff being told to discharge patients before they are ready, just to free up
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Amid unprecedented winter pressures, health secretary Jeremy Hunt recently suggested that the four-hour waiting time guarantee should no longer apply to patients attending
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s equality and diversity report for 2015-16 revealed that four out of five nurses struck off the register were aged over 40.
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When her father passed away from acute myeloid leukaemia, Karen McGuigan decided to make a drastic change in her life and fulfil her lifelong ambition to become a nurse.
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The nurse apprenticeship scheme will see up to 1,000 people a year qualify as registered nurses.
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Exclusive research from Nursing Standard has revealed that over the past five years, thousands of nurses have considered leaving the UK to work overseas.
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The nursing associate role is intended to bridge the gap between healthcare assistants and qualified nurses.
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Diamond celebration of Edinburgh University's nursing studies department celebrates graduates' achievements
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In an effort to tackle obesity among health service employees, NHS England has launched a consultation on plans including an outright ban on sugary drinks in NHS hospitals.
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As new figures show that obesity rates in children are rising, England’s chief medical officer has warned against watering down the language used when ta
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Nurses have suffered a real terms pay cut of 14% since 2010.
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