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Infection experts are encouraging nurses to ensure they have a flu vaccination to protect patients and colleagues.

15 Dec 2017
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Nurse training

An expansion of the nursing Return to Practice scheme and a 25% increase in the number of nursing undergraduate places are among new measures aimed at addressing the NHS st

15 Dec 2017
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The NHS in England will become the first health system to publish figures on avoidable patient deaths, Jeremy Hunt reveals.

15 Dec 2017
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Freezing winter weather poses a lethal risk for people who live alone, says England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings, who is encouraging people

13 Dec 2017
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Nurses have revealed fears over the safety of patients with dementia who will be unnecessarily spending Christmas on a ward.

13 Dec 2017
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Kate Garraway and Dorcas Gwata
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
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Snowed under
Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
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The risk of heart attack and stroke rises immediately after a cold snap, and the number of people admitted to accident and emergency departments is likely to

11 Dec 2017
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Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million investment in education and training, adding 161 places across

08 Dec 2017
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Maria Trewern

NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in January – with the aim to speak out and ‘prioritise safe staffing’ – a

08 Dec 2017
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Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017
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Patients are to receive more support from volunteers in NHS hospitals in England, with a new organisation pledging to double their number over the next f

07 Dec 2017

Persuading more nurses and other NHS staff to have the flu vaccination could dramatically reduce overall sickness absence rates, a study shows

05 Dec 2017

Action is needed to address obesity among healthcare staff, with one in four nurses in England dangerously overweight, researchers say

05 Dec 2017

The number of mature students accepted onto nursing degree courses has heavily declined with the removal of the bursary, official figures published today reveal.

04 Dec 2017

Nominations are now open for one of nursing’s most prestigious accolades, in which patients put forward the name of a nurse who has made a difference to the care of themselves or a loved one – the Patient’s Choice category of the 2018 RCNi Nurse Awards

04 Dec 2017

More funding for nurses' continuing professional development will be found, according to the chief of England's national workforce body

01 Dec 2017

Nursing remains the most trusted profession in Britain for a second consecutive year, the annual Ipsos MORI survey has revealed

01 Dec 2017

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