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Nurses have revealed how their hospitals are improving end of life care services ahead of the annual Dying Matters awareness week.

05 May 2017
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Waiting lists

NHS Improvement presentation shows a potential rise to 5.5 million people on NHS waiting lists.

05 May 2017
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The wait is almost over for nurses across the UK who will tonight find out if they are a winner in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017.

05 May 2017
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Alcohol specialist nurses

Alcohol nurse specialist Kerry Lyons helps run a nurse-led alcohol service in Tameside which has seen a detoxification success rate of 84%.

04 May 2017
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RCNi editorial team

Editorial team behind Nursing Standard and nine specialist journals awarded silver in the Content Team of the Year category at British Media Awards.

04 May 2017
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Crystal Oldman

Ten nurses and allied health professionals have been awarded fellowships to travel abroad and investigate healthcare practice.

03 May 2017
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Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth promised a review of closures across the NHS and sustainability and transformation plans.

03 May 2017
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Emergency departments

Report says when consultants are in the emergency department to assess patients, there is less replication of work and decisions about next steps are made more quickly

03 May 2017
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Relatives who call patients in hospital are still being forced to pay 'rip off' charges of 50p a minute despite a promised clampdown on the issue.

03 May 2017
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Hardship grants

Eight nurses a day seek urgent help to cope with the rising cost of living and one-in-four callers receive hardship grants according to the RCN whic

03 May 2017
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Theresa May

Theresa May critised by nursing leaders and Labour MPs for failing to explicitly say if it is wrong that nurses have to turn to food banks to make ends meet.

02 May 2017
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Shift handover

How one hospital increased the amount of time nursing staff spend with patients.

02 May 2017

England could be hit by a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020 and almost half of all nurses are worried about stretched staffing levels, a new report says.

02 May 2017

The government comfortably avoided a symbolic defeat over funding for nursing students in the dying moments of the current Parliament.

28 Apr 2017
MPs say 150,000 workers face an uncertain future
28 Apr 2017

Voting in the Patient's Choice category in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 closes at midnight on 28 April.

27 Apr 2017
Election pledges to scrap the cap, reinstate bursary and safe staffing legislation
26 Apr 2017

A flagship HIV service has a more certain future following the support of local campaigners and charities. More than 10,600 have signed a petition to save the Sussex Beacon from closure and the charity is in talks about further support.

26 Apr 2017

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