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MS Trust report

Report says one in four MS patients lives in an area where specialist nurses have twice the recommended caseload

07 Sep 2016
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Duggan_Sean
The Mental Health Network has appointed trained nurse Sean Duggan as its new chief executive
07 Sep 2016
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Job vacancy
The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in three months, new data suggests.
06 Sep 2016
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District Nursing
A new paper from nursing charity, the Queen's Nursing Institute, is being used to start discussions on safe caseloads
06 Sep 2016
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Dabate on future of nurse education
A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new standards of pre-registration nursing education should look like.
01 Sep 2016
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Nursing medical council building
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has appointed two new council members.
01 Sep 2016
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Junior doctors strike
Fears over patient safety have been raised after junior doctors in England escalate dispute over new contract.
01 Sep 2016
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Breaking point

Overstretched district nursing services are functioning on nurses’ goodwill, says new report.

01 Sep 2016
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Recruitment

Nurses from all specialisms are being sought for recruitment in Yorkshire. 

31 Aug 2016
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Inpatient survey

Survey reveals concern about staff numbers, though overall satisfaction with service rises to record level.

31 Aug 2016
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hospital patient
US study shows proportion of nurses on wards influences use of restraint.
30 Aug 2016
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Elizabeth Robb

Florence Nightingale Foundation chief executive announces her departure.

30 Aug 2016
Work under way to meet the needs of general practice nursing
26 Aug 2016
Nursing Standard editor in plea to PM
25 Aug 2016

The Institute of Public Policy Research think tank say the NHS would collapse without the contribution of EU nationals.

25 Aug 2016
RCN highlights that the number of school nursing post has fallen by 13% since 2010
25 Aug 2016
New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates across the NHS.
24 Aug 2016
The NHS may lack enough nurses and other key staff to make a seven-day service work properly, leaked Department of Health (DH) documents reportedly reveal.
23 Aug 2016

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