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The RCN has welcomed clarification on the responsibilities of the newly renamed nursing assistant role in Northern Ireland, which follows a decision to r

16 Mar 2018
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RCN general secretary urges Student Loans Company not to recover overpayments

16 Mar 2018
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The Prince of Wales praised the endless care of nurses at Buckingham Palace reception
15 Mar 2018
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The famous physicist was a staunch NHS supporter
14 Mar 2018
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Instant messaging

The RCN has warned nurses risk losing their registration by sharing sensitive data on instant messaging (IM), while some IT experts are calling for NHS-specific apps to be

14 Mar 2018
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Chancellor urged to drop nurse annual leave 'offer'
13 Mar 2018
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NHS managers are reminded of their responsibilities to ensure nursing staff can take breaks in new guidance from the RCN

13 Mar 2018
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Changes to legislation mean nurses and midwives can provide supporting statements for people who fear registering using their name and address will jeopardise their safety

13 Mar 2018
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Speaking at the Chief Nursing Officer summit, nurse researcher Linda Aiken criticised lack of workforce planning and reliance on nurses from other worldwide countries.

13 Mar 2018
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Wales is making good progress towards fully implementing safe staffing legislation, a conference heard.

12 Mar 2018
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But staff must give up a day's holiday, reports say
09 Mar 2018
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Hundreds of nurses who work alone in the community have been victims of violence, with assaults over as three-year period at 31 trusts including sexual assaul

09 Mar 2018

Technology should be used to enable nurses to know their shift pattern a year in advance, which would help people working under pressure and cut sickness rates, Jeremy Hunt tells the Chief Nursing Officer’s Summit

08 Mar 2018

Almost 75,000 NHS beds in England have been closed due to norovirus over the course of the winter, new analysis of NHS figures suggest

08 Mar 2018

England's chief nursing officer has called on universities to expand the number of nursing student places offered, as part of her drive to improve nurse numbers

08 Mar 2018

Chief nursing officer acknowledges nurses’ frustration over funding cuts, but says profession should explore other opportunities for development and training

08 Mar 2018

Jane Cummings used her summit speech to promote a new nursing recruitment campaign

07 Mar 2018

More than one third of NHS staff in England have experienced work-related stress in the past year, according to the largest workforce survey in the world

06 Mar 2018

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