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All babies born in Scotland from today to be given a box of essential items in a bid to tackle inequality and promote health

15 Aug 2017
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More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of drug-resistant fungus during outbreaks at UK hospitals.

15 Aug 2017
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NHS staff are being reminded about the potentially serious consequences of prying into patients’ records after a healthcare assistant (HCA) accessed medical i

15 Aug 2017
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More than 600 children and young people have been treated for type 2 diabetes, prompting fresh concerns about a childhood obesity 'time bomb'.

14 Aug 2017
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Nurses living in London are being offered free tickets to the House of Common music festival in a gesture of gratitude to the capital's em

14 Aug 2017
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RCN says trusts over-reliant on unregistered staff
14 Aug 2017
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Practising nurses are being urged to use their experience to help shape the future of nursing education.

11 Aug 2017
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Nursing You interactive tool

A new app has launched with the aim of helping nurses to maintain the same healthy lifestyle as the one they want for their patients.

10 Aug 2017
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The charity supports nurses experiencing hardship.

09 Aug 2017
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Hepatitis B vaccine

Global shortages of the hepatitis B vaccine have ‘severely impacted UK supply’, health officials have said.

09 Aug 2017
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10,000 additional training places for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
09 Aug 2017
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Christina O'Loughlin

Nursing student Christina O'Loughlin has had a tram named after her in her home city of Nottingham.

08 Aug 2017

Bursary aims to address gender imbalance on courses.

04 Aug 2017

A campaigning group of European nurses are set to meet with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to press for the pass mark for English language tests to be lowered.

04 Aug 2017

RCN says nurses and midwives can help make a difference to those at risk from domestic abuse.

04 Aug 2017

The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking central government for more cash, the man leading a review of efficiency within healthcare says.

04 Aug 2017

Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of care in schools have been welcomed by the RCN.

02 Aug 2017

A newly qualified children’s nurse is to join the team that saved her life when she was two and inspired her to join the profession.

02 Aug 2017

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