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Nature workshops

NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.

16 Dec 2016
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essay buying
Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work essays bought online, a higher education watchdog has warned.
14 Dec 2016
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A new review has found ‘system-wide’ problems in the way the NHS investigates patient deaths, with family members often left in the dark about failures in care.

13 Dec 2016
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IV therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
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Student placement

The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.

12 Dec 2016
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Bursary to stay in Wales

Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but they will have to commit to spending the first two yea

09 Dec 2016
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Canterbury Christ Church University has set up its own grant to help students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when the NHS-provided bursary is scrapped next year.
08 Dec 2016
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Professor Jane Cummings
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
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Nursing profession
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016
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Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last year were over the age of 40.

02 Dec 2016
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Prison nursing

RCN Scotland study shows a rise in sickness absence reported by staff.

01 Dec 2016
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Detention

NHS Digital data reveals a 47% increase in detentions under the Mental Health Act

01 Dec 2016
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the nursing workforce shortage, said nursing academics.
01 Dec 2016

The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been announced after employers showed ‘real appetite’ for the role.

30 Nov 2016

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships.

30 Nov 2016

Nurses should not use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN guidance.

29 Nov 2016
Thousands of nurses have considered leaving UK to work overseas over the last five years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
25 Nov 2016

The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workforce crisis after chancellor Philip Hammond failed to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap in his autumn statement.

23 Nov 2016

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