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Nursing Standard poll shows 50% of nurses favour longer shift patterns
23 Nov 2017
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NHS England says it needs to discuss ‘what it is possible to deliver for patients with the money available’ after failing to get as much as it requested

23 Nov 2017
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Chancellor Philip Hammond committed £2.8 billion resource funding for the NHS in England

22 Nov 2017
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Child mental health

Some teenagers say that suicidal feelings are not enough to get them treatment, Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield tells Commons health commitee

22 Nov 2017
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Good infection control practice

The new course will respond to the needs of nurses working in infection prevention and control.

20 Nov 2017
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Public services staff 'under pressure' due to pay restraint
20 Nov 2017
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A draft law which was seeking to make it a specific offence to assault emergency staff in England and Wales has been widened to include nurses in all settings.

17 Nov 2017
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HEE ACP Framework

NHS organisations are being told to ensure that staff using job titles containing the word ‘advanced’ meet standards set out

16 Nov 2017
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Louise Walby

Cwm Taf University Health Board nurse recognised for early recognition and staff training work to tackle high mortality rates for chronic lung disease in parts of the Welsh

16 Nov 2017
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is offering the chance for health and social care professionals to influence its work.

16 Nov 2017
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Nursing and Midwifery Council chief executive Jackie Smith says nurses leaving the profession ‘tragic’ 

15 Nov 2017
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RCN poll reveals one in four nurses are thinking of leaving jobs due to money worries
15 Nov 2017

BMA survey of 1,720 doctors from European Economic Area countries found main reasons for considering leaving the UK included negative attitudes towards EU staff and uncertainty over immigration rules 

14 Nov 2017

The number of nurses and health visitors leaving trusts in England because of work-life balance issues has more than doubled in the past five years

10 Nov 2017

NHS Improvement's draft resource on safe staffing in emergency care fails to recommend specific overall nurse-to-patient ratios

08 Nov 2017

Two awards of £750 are available for qualified nurses, undergraduate and postgraduate students.

07 Nov 2017

The NHS's first emergency department for older people is being set up to meet the needs of an ageing population.

06 Nov 2017

Joanne Bosanquet has received an honorary doctorate in recognition of her 'distinction in the field of nursing and public health'

03 Nov 2017

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