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NHS rally

Protesters took to the streets of London and other parts of the UK on Saturday 3 February to demand better funding for the NHS.

05 Feb 2018
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Charges paid by temporary migrants to use the NHS are to double, a move the government says will raise around £220 million a year for the health ser

05 Feb 2018
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Belfast hospital

Inquiry chair says services had been ‘largely self-regulating and unmonitored’.

05 Feb 2018
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Number of applicants for nursing student courses has fallen for a fourth year running

05 Feb 2018
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Attrition

See our infographic demonstrating how the number of nursing degree applicants has fallen across most of the UK since the loss of the student bursary in 2017

05 Feb 2018
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Demo

RCN president Cecilia Akrisie Anim calls for urgent action to address the staffing crisis.

03 Feb 2018
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Mary Seacole

The awards support ‘outstanding work to improve leadership skills and health outcomes’

02 Feb 2018
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Nursing Children and Young People, the country's leading journal for children's nurses, is looking for a student to write its regular Student voice column

02 Feb 2018
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Janet Finch

A pay rise for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chair Dame Janet Finch and members has been unanimously approved.

02 Feb 2018
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Commons committee

Nursing Standard readers have responded to the Commons health committee report on the nursing workforce.

01 Feb 2018
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Jill Macleod Clark
Plans to replace nursing student mentors wins support
01 Feb 2018
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Two in three nurses responding to a survey last year felt they had too little time to provide high quality care to dying patients.

31 Jan 2018

NHS staff will be given first refusal to buy thousands of affordable homes to be built on unused or surplus NHS land across England, with the money generated by the sales to be pumped back into healthcare services

31 Jan 2018

NHS Improvement says resource will help leaders and staff to deliver effective and sustainable patient care.

30 Jan 2018

Around 1,600 ten to 34-year-olds take their lives in the UK each year, according to youth suicide prevention charity Papyrus. 

30 Jan 2018

Patients’ access to life-saving medicines and medical devices could be disrupted unless the UK stays aligned with EU regulations after Brexit, a group of leading health organisations says

30 Jan 2018

Digital career framework tool developed by Health Education England-sponsored Capital Nurse programme to be used alongside progress chats between nurses and employers.

29 Jan 2018

A project helping newly qualified nurses to build resilience and cope with the stresses of the profession is proving to be a success.

28 Jan 2018

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