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Jeremy Hunt

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is restricted by limited resources and other pressures on the NHS.

15 Mar 2017
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The RCN has helped create a new tool to aid nurses and other health professionals in developing treatment plans with patients should they require emergen

14 Mar 2017
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Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as she opened her fifth Chief Nursing Officer Summit in Birmingham.

14 Mar 2017
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Cost of overseas workers

College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.

13 Mar 2017
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Mid Staffs

Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, according to the nurse brought in to turn the h

10 Mar 2017
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The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely blamed on Brexit.

09 Mar 2017
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A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters back above-inflation pay rises for the public sector.

09 Mar 2017
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Janet Davies

Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to get the money it needs, and no mention of p

08 Mar 2017

Discussions about spiritual needs of dying patients 'rarely, if ever, happen', say two specialist nurses.

08 Mar 2017
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08 Mar 2017
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King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing, with two other British institutions also in the top ten.

08 Mar 2017
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Using technology to manage cancer symptoms at home should be the focus of research, say oncology nurses.

07 Mar 2017

NHS staff are still putting themselves under pressure to go to work when feeling unable to perform their duties, an official survey has revealed.

07 Mar 2017

Nursing Standard has joined forces with The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People for a UK-wide survey to find out what nurses and healthcare assistants think about patient care, staffing levels, morale and those running the NHS.

07 Mar 2017

Health Education England confirms proposals to train more nursing associates. 

06 Mar 2017

An estimated quarter of a million people joined a march through the streets of London in support of the NHS.

06 Mar 2017

Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN has said.

06 Mar 2017

Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have left citing ‘work-life balance’, new data reveals.

03 Mar 2017

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