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Anne Widdicombe

She joins other celebrities who have dressed up as their rebel heroes. 

04 Sep 2017
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Speculation mounts over Prime Minister scrapping the 1% cap
04 Sep 2017
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RCN vows to continue promoting ‘vital work’ of learning disability nurses.

04 Sep 2017
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The NHS is facing its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an immediate cash boost, health chiefs have warned.

04 Sep 2017
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Philippa Morrison and Theresa May

A nurse who was at school with prime minster Theresa May has warned the government must stop paying nurses a ‘pittance’.

01 Sep 2017
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Time is ticking for nurses and nursing students to have their say on plans for an overhaul of the profession’s education standards.

01 Sep 2017
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One in four NHS respiratory nursing teams say they are unable to spend enough time with patients, with a majority reporting working extra unpaid hou

31 Aug 2017
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Nurses and other health professionals delivered mental health information and advice to hundreds of people affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy during the

30 Aug 2017
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Allied health professionals to get support back to practice following career breaks.

30 Aug 2017
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The International Council of Nurses chief executive Frances Hughes has left the organisation due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.

30 Aug 2017
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A new music scheme for blind babies and partially sighted infants and young children has been aunched.

30 Aug 2017
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Lack of information about the number of black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses in position in senior manager or executive positions in the NHS means talent is being lost, s

28 Aug 2017

So-called 'period poverty' is leading to some school nurses having to provide sanitary towels for pupils who cannot afford to buy them.

25 Aug 2017

Children with asthma, epilepsy and diabetes are at risk in the classroom due to the accelerating loss of school nurses, the RCN warns.

25 Aug 2017

Comic actors and political activists Sir Tony Robinson and Rob Delaney are to speak at the RCN’s biggest-ever rally next month.

24 Aug 2017

International students’ effect on the UK labour market is to be assessed by independent migration advisors.

24 Aug 2017
'Lower staffing levels put patient lives at risk'
24 Aug 2017

The prime minister has admitted mental health services for young people in the UK are ‘patchy’ but that plans to rectify the gaps are already underway.

23 Aug 2017

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