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Ten nurses and allied health professionals have been awarded fellowships to travel abroad and investigate healthcare practice.

03 May 2017
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Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth promised a review of closures across the NHS and sustainability and transformation plans.

03 May 2017
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Relatives who call patients in hospital are still being forced to pay 'rip off' charges of 50p a minute despite a promised clampdown on the issue.

03 May 2017
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Hardship grants

Eight nurses a day seek urgent help to cope with the rising cost of living and one-in-four callers receive hardship grants according to the RCN whic

03 May 2017
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Theresa May

Theresa May critised by nursing leaders and Labour MPs for failing to explicitly say if it is wrong that nurses have to turn to food banks to make ends meet.

02 May 2017
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Nurse shortages

England could be hit by a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020 and almost half of all nurses are worried about stretched staffing levels, a new report says.

02 May 2017
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The government comfortably avoided a symbolic defeat over funding for nursing students in the dying moments of the current Parliament.

28 Apr 2017
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MPs say 150,000 workers face an uncertain future
28 Apr 2017
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Voting in the Patient's Choice category in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 closes at midnight on 28 April.

27 Apr 2017
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Election pledges to scrap the cap, reinstate bursary and safe staffing legislation
26 Apr 2017
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Royal Trinity Hospice app

Oldest hospice in England develops app for smartphones and tablets.

26 Apr 2017
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Nurses and porters are being charged 'extortionate' fees of almost £90 a month to use hospital car parks, a new study reveals.

26 Apr 2017

Thousands of people diagnosed with cancer in emergency departments every year have visited their GP three times or more with symptoms, research shows.

25 Apr 2017

Chronic understaffing of nurses is continuing to put patients at risk, a survey has revealed.

24 Apr 2017

A slug in a sandwich and a Muslim patient being offered pork were among the complaints.

24 Apr 2017

People with incurable breast cancer are receiving poor care due to a lack of specialist nurses, according to a new report.

21 Apr 2017

A campaign has been launched to help nurses and midwives avoid being taken off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register because of late fee payments.

20 Apr 2017

Videos of gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer people with cancer have been put together as part of a new project to raise awareness of different experiences and treatment.

20 Apr 2017

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