Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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St John Ambulance volunteers were 'supporting patients, making tea and keeping them company'
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Nurses have demanded the prime minister and health secretary join them on the front line during what many are calling the ‘worst winter crisis’ in NHS history
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Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told frustrated members.
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England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings calls on patients to cancel NHS appointments in good time if unable to attend to free up the health service for those who need it.
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Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to stay with them, helped by a staff retention resource from NHS Impro
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UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohingya people.
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Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff, the RCN has warned, after figures showing hospitals in England made a record £174.5 mi
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Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme
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Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates through application and interview process to boost diversity
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Health unions says new figures detailing ambulance delays show ‘a whole system under strain’.
Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders
Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to apply for help from Lamplight Support Service.
UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.
The exodus of nurses will continue unless staff receive an above inflation pay rise, the RCN has warned.
Labour Party says that NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts in England
Almost 2,000 lives could be saved each year if all hospitals adopted the National Early Warning Score system for spotting which patients are seriously ill, says NHS England
