Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Nursing leaders from across the UK have paid tribute to the ‘hard-working and dedicated’ nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over
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- Almost 90,000 nurses will be on Christmas Day duty this year, according to health union estimates.
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Nurses have been voted the most trustworthy professionals for the fifteenth year in a row in a US poll.
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A study has found a ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.
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A pioneering nurse whose recycling project saved £50,000 is urging others to put their ideas forward for a new mentorship scheme aimed at improving nursing practice.
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Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for student bursaries.
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A nurses' choir were in for a surprise when they landed a starring role in a festive TV special due to be broadcast to millions on Christmas Eve.
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NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.
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School nurses and teachers should supervise children brushing their teeth to help drive down rates of tooth decay, experts have said.
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The biggest hospital in Europe has been ordered to improve security, after inspectors found that mothers ‘might leave the unit with the wrong baby’.
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A mother who beat breast cancer twice and set up a charity to help others in a similar position has graduated as a midwife.
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A poster exploring how children’s nursing students are supported during community placements has won a prize.
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says sending vulnerable people hundreds of miles away for residential treatment is ‘clearly unacceptable’
The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.
New guidelines help healthcare staff to navigate end of life care planning for children and young people.
Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but they will have to commit to spending the first two years of their career in the country.
The family of a nursing student who died earlier this year have paid tribute to their ‘inspiring and caring’ daughter as they accepted her degree.
