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Michael Brown

Organisations must support nurses' well-being if they are to deliver high standards of care.

21 Mar 2017
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Homelessness

Scale of the issue is not fully understood, says Wendy Nicholson.

21 Mar 2017
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Nurses play an important role in minimising the impact of homelessness on families' health, a conference has heard.

20 Mar 2017
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Voting is now open for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence.

20 Mar 2017
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HALT launch

Campaign encourages staff to take frequent breaks and improve their health and well-being.

20 Mar 2017
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'Quit'

More than half of nurses (52%) are considering quitting the NHS as work pressures continue to ratchet, an exclusive survey by Nursing Standard and the Sunday Mirror ha

19 Mar 2017
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One third of young people say they lack confidence in asking their schools for support when feeling worried or concerned, a mental health survey has revealed.

17 Mar 2017
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Suicidal nurses

Nurses have an higher risk of suicide according to an analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

17 Mar 2017
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A new academic course is hoping to increase nurse-led research, improve front-line practice and reduce staff burnout.

16 Mar 2017
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Jeremy Hunt

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is restricted by limited resources and other pressures on the NHS.

15 Mar 2017
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Flying Eye Hospital

Scaling the heights of healthcare with blindness prevention charity Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital.

15 Mar 2017
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Carrie James

Online learning resource developed with the help of teenagers and parents aims to improve nursing care for young people making the transition from children's serv

14 Mar 2017

Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as she opened her fifth Chief Nursing Officer Summit in Birmingham.

14 Mar 2017

RCN professional lead for public health Helen Donovan said mandatory reporting laws mean more FGM cases are being uncovered, but that it is ‘shocking’ it has remained hidden for so long.

13 Mar 2017

College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.

13 Mar 2017

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is urging hospital staff to treat people with life-threatening sepsis symptoms within one hour.

10 Mar 2017

Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, according to the nurse brought in to turn the hospital around.

10 Mar 2017

The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely blamed on Brexit.

09 Mar 2017

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