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Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing

Fundamental changes to the NMC’s legal framework could speed up fitness to practise cases.

12 Jan 2017
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Health Education England may consider a ‘bridging role’ that combines nursing and therapy.

12 Jan 2017
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Staff across the UK are reporting serious concerns about care quality during the worst conditions many have experienced

11 Jan 2017
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Research projection shows shortfall of thousands of nurses in the UK.

11 Jan 2017
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Asian and black healthcare staff are significantly less likely to whistleblow than their white British colleagues, research shows.

11 Jan 2017
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One of the UK’s oldest nursing assistants celebrates her 80th birthday at work.

10 Jan 2017
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A new television documentary is promising to portray the full reality of working for the of the busiest trusts in the NHS.
10 Jan 2017
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Delayed discharge from mental health and learning disability trusts in England up 56% 

09 Jan 2017
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Fast-track nursing degree course in north east England will take on new students in March.

09 Jan 2017
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Entries for the profession's most prestigious awards accepted until 13 January
09 Jan 2017
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Derriford Hospital

British charity’s chief executive renews warning about crisis in the UK’s hospital and ambulance services, after prime minister Theresa May rejects the description

06 Jan 2017
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Florence Nightingale Foundation

Nurse education charity the Florence Nightingale Foundation has announced the appointment of Ursula Ward as its new chief executive.

06 Jan 2017

Theresa May is expected to announce action on mental health, including moves to help reduce suicide.

06 Jan 2017

Assistant nurses at a care home in Sweden who worked reduced hours reported higher rates of good health, calmness and alertness.

06 Jan 2017

Relocation packages worth up to £5,000 are being offered to nurses in London, in an effort to tempt them away from the capital and into Dorset.

06 Jan 2017

More than 80,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay cap which limits NHS staff to a rise of just 1% each year.

05 Jan 2017

Nurses are being encouraged to nominate those who have made an exceptional contribution to patient care for an RCN fellowship.

05 Jan 2017

A&E pressures prompts one trust’s plea on social media and radio for off-duty nurses to work an extra shift.

04 Jan 2017

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