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Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to receive some forms of NHS care.

22 Nov 2016
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Sian Thomas won the prestigious RCN Wales nurse of the year award for ensuring a child with complex needs could be educated in a mainstream school.
17 Nov 2016
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Nurses
Reasearch shows one professional nurse substitution associated with a 21% rise in patient death risk.
15 Nov 2016
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Bright 2016
Charity encourages mental health nurses working on acute wards to organise themselves using sport as an example.
15 Nov 2016
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A Nursing Standard investigation reveals thousands of UK nursing students have been involved in cases of academic misconduct such as: plagiarism, forging signatures and cheating in
11 Nov 2016
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The government wants drop-out rates halved by next year.

10 Nov 2016
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Gordon Lees and Cecelia Anim
RCN lays crosses at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
10 Nov 2016
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tax refund
Nurses who took part in the Widening Access Training (WAT) scheme could be eligible for a sizeable tax rebate
04 Nov 2016
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Prison nursing

Nurses must ensure patients in prison receive the same standard of care as those outside, new guidance says.

02 Nov 2016
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Poor health staff

Hard-pressed health service staff are struggling to make ends meet, according to Unison survey.

27 Oct 2016
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Autism therapy trial that helped parents communicate with their children reports ‘encouraging’ results.

26 Oct 2016
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Four out five healthcare professionals have been subjected to bullying, new research reveals.
26 Oct 2016
Leading nurse Pauline Watts had a date with royalty today when she collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace
25 Oct 2016
A pay rise of 1% promised to nurses in Northern Ireland seven months ago will finally appear in their November wage packets
25 Oct 2016

Nurses are three times more likely than the average person to have experienced domestic abuse.

25 Oct 2016
Nurses are being urged to help join in the fight against so-called ‘modern slavery’, in an awareness raising campaign by the NHS
24 Oct 2016

The RCN’s labour market review has highlighted a crisis in the UK’s nursing supply including an ageing workforce and concerns over the inflow of European nurses 

21 Oct 2016

A study has shown that nurses can better cope with rude remarks from colleagues if they believe in their own ability to cope with difficult relationships

19 Oct 2016

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