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Verna Lavender

RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 celebrate the best of the UK’s nursing workforce.

21 Feb 2017
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Involving nurses in new controversial plans to reform England's health and care system will be vital to their success, says the RCN.

21 Feb 2017
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Joan Pons Laplana

Nurses, social workers and teaching assistants will be among European Union (EU) workers lobbying MPs today, over their right to remain in the UK.

20 Feb 2017
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A nurse has called on health professionals to boycott a new requirement to check patients’ passports.

17 Feb 2017
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Walking for health

Nurse-led study suggests that encouraging walking among patients with advanced cancer could lead to improvements in their quality of life. 

16 Feb 2017
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Nurses who smoke should lead by example and quit to help the wider public kick the habit, a leading doctor has urged.

15 Feb 2017
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Tom Sandford

Plans to transform the NHS in England could lead to cuts in hospital beds and community services, leading nurses have warned.

14 Feb 2017
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Jobs fair

More than 700 nurses attended the RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium last week – with some even taking the opportunity to snap a selfie with

13 Feb 2017
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Robert Francis

Health service only functions because of ‘superhuman’ efforts of staff, says Mid Staffs inquiry chair.

13 Feb 2017
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Palliative

A free online resource will help nurses and others without expertise to provide palliative and end of life care to people with a terminal illness.

13 Feb 2017
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Aggression against staff

Nursing leaders are ‘very concerned’ over what will happen to body that advises on NHS staff safety.

10 Feb 2017
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09 Feb 2017

New data has revealed NHS England is performing at its worst ever levels against a host of targets for emergency departments, cancer care and patients waiting on trolleys.

09 Feb 2017

University College London Hospital staff team up with film company to produce animation for parents with cancer. 

08 Feb 2017
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06 Feb 2017

Figures released by Cancer Research UK have highlighted potentially bad lifestyle factors causing rising cancer rates in women.

03 Feb 2017

Primary school children are more likely to identify a woman as a nurse and a man as a surgeon, according to new research.

02 Feb 2017
The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017

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