Letters urge nurses to get and promote flu jab
Nurses have received written reminders of the importance of encouraging all their patients...
12 Oct 2017
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Major flu outbreak could see routine operations suspended
Routine operations could 'cease for several months' if NHS hospitals have to deal with a...
12 Oct 2017
Jeremy Hunt to announce £20k 'golden hello' for GPs starting in rural areas...
GPs in training will receive a 'golden hello' of £20,000 if they start their careers in the...
12 Oct 2017
NHS will need more cash for salary rises after pay cap scrapped, ministers warn
Ministers have been warned they will need to find additional funding for the NHS if staff...
11 Oct 2017
Nurses to lobby MPs for tougher sanctions on those who assault NHS staff
Nurses who have been assaulted while at work will lobby MPs next week to push for tougher...
11 Oct 2017
NMC reveals nursing associate draft proficiency standards
Six ‘platforms’ trainees are expected to reach on registration include accountability,...
10 Oct 2017
Care Quality Commission: Future of the NHS is precarious
The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising...
10 Oct 2017
Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old
Improved training for community palliative care should be a priority, in order to make life...
09 Oct 2017
Cuts to mental health leave staff facing violence and aggression, says Unison
Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they...
09 Oct 2017
Film aims to help people talk about death and dying
A new film and booklet will help people have conversations about death and dying, and offer...
06 Oct 2017
Schools can now keep spare allergy pens under new law
A change in the law allows schools to purchase spare adrenaline auto-injectors to use on...
06 Oct 2017
Nurse-organised prescribing conference hailed a success
Prescribing nurses based in Scotland joined in a series of lively debates at a free...
05 Oct 2017
Presumed-consent organ donation plan backed by health leaders and charities
Proposals for England receive warm welcome.
05 Oct 2017
Carer tells of her 'fight back' against early onset Alzheimer's...
A carer whose husband has early onset Alzheimer’s disease says her 'curriculum' for them...
04 Oct 2017
Care homes may run out of places by 2022, research shows
The care home market may not have enough places to help older people in need by the end of...
04 Oct 2017
Flying Home advice updated to assist seriously ill patients travel abroad
Guidance on helping patients in the advanced stages of serious and terminal illness to...
03 Oct 2017