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Nurses and porters are being charged 'extortionate' fees of almost £90 a month to use hospital car parks, a new study reveals.

26 Apr 2017
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Directors of nursing have praised an advanced planning tool which has recently been endorsed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

25 Apr 2017
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Chronic understaffing of nurses is continuing to put patients at risk, a survey has revealed.

24 Apr 2017
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Hospital food

A slug in a sandwich and a Muslim patient being offered pork were among the complaints.

24 Apr 2017
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A patient with complex health needs has been waiting more than three-and-a-half years to leave hospital after being declared fit for disch

24 Apr 2017
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Kathy Abernethy

A nurse has been appointed chair of the British Menopause Society for the first time in its 25-year history.

21 Apr 2017
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Sugary drinks will be banned from hospital shops next year, unless action is taken to cut their sales, NHS England has announced.

21 Apr 2017
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A campaign has been launched to help nurses and midwives avoid being taken off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register because of late fee payments.

20 Apr 2017
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Paul Vaughan

Two directors will help tackle challenges facing the profession.

20 Apr 2017
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More than 2,200 people have registered to attend London event

19 Apr 2017
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Black and minority ethinic (BME) nurses and midwives are continuing to 'suffer in silence' in England, but there are signs of improvement in a new r

19 Apr 2017
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Hardship

The number of hardship grants handed to struggling nurses have soared in the first three months of the year.

18 Apr 2017

Prime minister Theresa May has called a snap general election for 8 June.

18 Apr 2017

A university providing self-funding nursing student places that have not been commissioned by Health Education England has increased its intake more than fivefold.  

18 Apr 2017

Time is running out to cast your vote in the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence

13 Apr 2017

Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.

13 Apr 2017

RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.

13 Apr 2017

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less likely than the general population to have done so.

12 Apr 2017

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