Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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A hospital is being ordered to improve after an inspection found problems with cleanliness and failings in outpatient and maternity care, including death or h
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Jeremy Hunt now also has responsibility for social care
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Debate on mandatory vaccinations ‘inevitable’, says NHS England medical director
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Anne Milton, a trained nurse could be the next health minister in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle
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Nurses have demanded the prime minister and health secretary join them on the front line during what many are calling the ‘worst winter crisis’ in NHS history
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Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told frustrated members.
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Public Health England is encouraging parents to offer children healthier, 100 calorie snacks as alternative to tackle the obesity epidemic.
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Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to stay with them, helped by a staff retention resource from NHS Impro
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UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohingya people.
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Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff, the RCN has warned, after figures showing hospitals in England made a record £174.5 mi
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Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme
Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates through application and interview process to boost diversity
A nurse caring for sick children at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital described the moment they woke up to presents on Christmas Day as ‘the best feeling in the world’
The coming year will be an opportunity to drive better continuity of care for mothers-to-be, England’s most senior midwife says after new guidance was issued to ensure more consistent care and support for pregnant women
Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders
Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to apply for help from Lamplight Support Service.
UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.
