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Bursary or Bust demonstration

Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for student bursaries.

20 Dec 2016
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The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of funding failing to meet soaring demand. 

20 Dec 2016
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Minehead Community Hospital

Ten inpatient beds at a community hospital in Somerset have been temporarily moved to another hospital due to a shortage of nurses.

19 Dec 2016
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A nurses' choir were in for a surprise when they landed a starring role in a festive TV special due to be broadcast to millions on Christmas Eve.
19 Dec 2016
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North Middlesex University Hospital
The CQC has said clinical governance and leadership at an NHS trust have improved but nurse staffing and training levels remain a concern.
16 Dec 2016
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Nature workshops

NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.

16 Dec 2016
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Royal London Hospital

The biggest hospital in Europe has been ordered to improve security, after inspectors found that mothers ‘might leave the unit with the wrong baby’.

15 Dec 2016
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essay buying
Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work essays bought online, a higher education watchdog has warned.
14 Dec 2016
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IV therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
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Sarah Kuteh

A nurse who offered to pray for patients waiting for surgery has been sacked from her job for gross misconduct.

12 Dec 2016
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Student placement

The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.

12 Dec 2016
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Bursary to stay in Wales

Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but they will have to commit to spending the first two yea

09 Dec 2016
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
There has been a sharp rise in the length of time people wait for a hospital bed after being admitted in an emergency, figures show.
07 Dec 2016

NHS whistleblowers are being fired, gagged and blacklisted, say campaigners 

06 Dec 2016

Sexual health campaigners have welcomed a major trial of HIV prevention medication for 10,000 people at risk of the condition.

06 Dec 2016
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016

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