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course

Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients should stop treatment when they feel better, according to an art

27 Jul 2017
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Call from RCN on national day of campaigning
27 Jul 2017
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Janet Davies
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017
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housing
Staff accommodation block to be built at a hospital in Lincolnshire
25 Jul 2017
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A total of 90% of cancer patients were given the name of a clinical nurse specailist according to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey for Engla

24 Jul 2017
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Grenfell Fire

The scale of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological problems in the emergency services has been revealed in a series of worrying figures.

24 Jul 2017
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University of East London

The University of East London  hopes that its new adult nursing course will help to address the acute shortage of nurses in the area.

21 Jul 2017
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stress

NHS staff wellbeing is suffering under the strain of increasing service pressures at the potential cost of patient care, according to a report by the Point of Care Fou

21 Jul 2017
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eye

An eye care company is offering £1 million worth of laser eye surgery to nurses and other NHS and emergency services workers.

21 Jul 2017
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Summer of protest
College to stage Scrap the Cap rally in September
21 Jul 2017
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Less mental health staff

A falling number of mental health nurses has been linked with 'increased risk' in a new England-wide Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

20 Jul 2017
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NMC hearing

Only one in five referrals to fitness to practise proceedings concern patient care.

19 Jul 2017

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith received a pay rise of almost £20,000 in the past year, according to the regulator’s annual report.

19 Jul 2017
Part of government plans for 'smoke-free generation'
18 Jul 2017

Middlesex University helps healthcare assistants to transition to nursing.

18 Jul 2017

Nurses are among Cardiff hospital staff who are ‘devastated’ by decision on parking tickets that has left many owing hundreds of pounds.

18 Jul 2017

Alison Pickard, a nurse with motor neurone disease, has provided evidence to the high court in support of assisted dying. 

17 Jul 2017

Peter Griffiths calls for 'concrete' arguments to be made.

17 Jul 2017

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