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Older people’s care can be ‘significantly’ improved across England through better coordination of services, a leading thinktank has said

05 Jan 2018
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Antrim Area Hospital

St John Ambulance volunteers were 'supporting patients, making tea and keeping them company'

04 Jan 2018
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Trolley corridor

Nurses have demanded the prime minister and health secretary join them on the front line during what many are calling the ‘worst winter crisis’ in NHS history

04 Jan 2018
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Michael Brown

Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told frustrated members.

04 Jan 2018
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Trolly waits
Thousands of pre-planned operations and appointments delayed
03 Jan 2018
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Hilary Chapman and Jackie Daniel
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
29 Dec 2017
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to stay with them, helped by a staff retention resource from NHS Impro

29 Dec 2017
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Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff, the RCN has warned, after figures showing hospitals in England made a record £174.5 mi

28 Dec 2017
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Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme
28 Dec 2017
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No ops for BME

Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates through application and interview process to boost diversity 

27 Dec 2017
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EU working time regulations

Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders

21 Dec 2017
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Xmas hardship

Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to apply for help from Lamplight Support Service.

21 Dec 2017

UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.

20 Dec 2017

The exodus of nurses will continue unless staff receive an above inflation pay rise, the RCN has warned.

19 Dec 2017

Labour Party says that NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts in England

19 Dec 2017

Three Admiral Nurses from Dementia UK have been recognised for 20 years’ service each.

18 Dec 2017

Dame Sarah Mullally to become the 133rd Bishop of London in 2018 and installed in a service at St Paul’s Cathedral.

18 Dec 2017

The NHS will use the latest technology to track outbreaks of norovirus and other illnesses in England this winter to try to cope with surges in demand on services

18 Dec 2017

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