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Study revealed some trusts call unqualified support staff 'nurses'.
20 Sep 2017
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Norman Lamb

Norman Lamb calls for wage hike at Lib Dem party conference.

19 Sep 2017
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Competency passport

Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) passport scheme will mean all cancer nurses in London are trained to same level of competency and can move trusts more easily

18 Sep 2017
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The qualitiy of university teaching and graduate outcomes are to be examined as part of an education committee inquiry. 

18 Sep 2017
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Almost 1,400 overseas nurses who applied to work in the UK in the past two years have failed their English language tests, Nursing Standard can reveal.

18 Sep 2017
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In a break with tradition, unions have submitted a pay claim directly to the government
15 Sep 2017
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Jane Cummings

High-achieving graduates will begin path to nursing leadership.

14 Sep 2017
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A new generation of Nightingale Nurses will be created at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

14 Sep 2017
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Sir Bruce Keogh

Nurses should become ‘agents for change’ in the NHS, according to the outgoing medical director for NHS England Sir Bruce Keogh.

14 Sep 2017
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Sarah Wollaston

The Commons health committee has launched an inquiry into pressures facing the nursing workforce.

14 Sep 2017
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MPs back call for end to the public sector pay cap for NHS
14 Sep 2017
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Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists are to be urged to look out for symptoms of sepsis, Jeremy Hunt has announced.

13 Sep 2017

More than one in 10 of the world's pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates.

12 Sep 2017

The 1% pay cap is set to be lifted for police and prison officers, prompting speculation that nurses’ pay may increase too.

12 Sep 2017

Britain's shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends following last year's Brexit referendum continue, the government has been warned.

12 Sep 2017

Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer, research shows.

12 Sep 2017

Plans to sell off a major NHS staffing agency have been abandoned by the government.

07 Sep 2017
Unregistered support staff working under specialist nurse job titles, study reveals
07 Sep 2017

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