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Emergency departments in Scotland experienced their busiest December for four years.

07 Feb 2017
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Sepsis team

Leicester’s Hospitals’ new sepsis team will work in emergency department and combines healthcare professionals from intensive and critical care, emergency and theatre

07 Feb 2017
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Nursing Standard and Marie Curie want to hear from you
06 Feb 2017
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Charge overseas patients

NHS trusts will be legally obliged from April to check if overseas patients are eligible for free care – but unions fear it will further stretch an already bu

06 Feb 2017
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Gender stereotypes

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
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The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017
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RCN Northern Ireland director Janice Smyth has said nurses are ‘under extreme stress’ in response to the latest emergency waiting time figures.

01 Feb 2017
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System for recovering money from overseas patients who use the NHS is chaotic, say MPs.

01 Feb 2017
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Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing Associates.

01 Feb 2017
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Patients with mental health problems attending emergency departments for physical conditions rarely receive good care, a major review has found.

31 Jan 2017
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MPs warn the NHS cannot afford to lose the goodwill of nurses
31 Jan 2017
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Thousands of nurses have contacted their MPs to urge them to take part in today’s parliamentary debate about NHS pay.

30 Jan 2017

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) agrees to be regulator for new nursing associates.

25 Jan 2017

Staff were put through their paces at Doncaster Royal Infirmary during a new trauma course.

24 Jan 2017

BBC survey adds to concerns about driving after long shifts

23 Jan 2017

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has set out the benefits and risks of regulating nursing associates.

20 Jan 2017

Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare assistants as 'stand-ins', an investigation suggests.

20 Jan 2017

Trades Union Congress analysis of public sector pay restraint reveals bleak picture for nurses.

19 Jan 2017

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