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Canterbury Christ Church University has set up its own grant to help students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when the NHS-provided bursary is scrapped next year.
08 Dec 2016
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Most health visitors’ workloads have increased in past two years.

07 Dec 2016
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South Yorkshire community nurses forced to accept inferior terms and conditions to protect their pension, unions claim.

07 Dec 2016
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Paloma Faith's handwritten letter to staff
The nurses and midwives who cared for Paloma Faith during the birth of her first child have received a heartfelt letter from the singer thanking them.
06 Dec 2016
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Unite family nurse partnership demonstration
Cuts to the family nurse partnership (FNP) programme in Manchester could have ‘catastrophic’ long-term effects, according to union Unite.
06 Dec 2016
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Professor Jane Cummings
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
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Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016
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Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last year were over the age of 40.

02 Dec 2016
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Dame Jessica Corner
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the nursing workforce shortage, said nursing academics.
01 Dec 2016
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The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been announced after employers showed ‘real appetite’ for the role.

30 Nov 2016
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships.

30 Nov 2016
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Nurses should not use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN guidance.

29 Nov 2016

Health professionals, including nurses, are being urged to help tackle sepsis.

25 Nov 2016
Thousands of nurses have considered leaving UK to work overseas over the last five years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
25 Nov 2016

The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workforce crisis after chancellor Philip Hammond failed to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap in his autumn statement.

23 Nov 2016

Valerie Peddie has emphasised the lack of fertility knowledge among young people with cancer

23 Nov 2016

Fathers are being left out of involvement in their children’s healthcare with potentially devastating consequences, international nursing experts will hear today.

23 Nov 2016

Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to receive some forms of NHS care.

22 Nov 2016

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