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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has downplayed fears that Brexit will lead to a collapse in the recruitment of European Union health professionals.

21 Mar 2017
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Michael Brown

Organisations must support nurses' well-being if they are to deliver high standards of care.

21 Mar 2017
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Voting is now open for the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence.

20 Mar 2017
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HALT launch

Campaign encourages staff to take frequent breaks and improve their health and well-being.

20 Mar 2017
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Home care

Ninety-five councils have had contracts cancelled by private care companies, a BBC investigation has found.

20 Mar 2017
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'Quit'

More than half of nurses (52%) are considering quitting the NHS as work pressures continue to ratchet, an exclusive survey by Nursing Standard and the Sunday Mirror ha

19 Mar 2017
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UK's only nursing professor of stroke care made a dame. 

17 Mar 2017
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Suicidal nurses

Nurses have an higher risk of suicide according to an analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

17 Mar 2017
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A new academic course is hoping to increase nurse-led research, improve front-line practice and reduce staff burnout.

16 Mar 2017
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The National Garden Scheme is sponsoring a bursary fund to allow Marie Curie nurses to undertake specialist palliative and end of life care qualifications

16 Mar 2017
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Jeremy Hunt

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay – but is restricted by limited resources and other pressures on the NHS.

15 Mar 2017
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Flying Eye Hospital

Scaling the heights of healthcare with blindness prevention charity Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital.

15 Mar 2017

Advanced and specialist nurses have the potential to improve 'unacceptable variations' in older people's experiences of GP services, report says.

15 Mar 2017

The RCN has helped create a new tool to aid nurses and other health professionals in developing treatment plans with patients should they require emergency care.

14 Mar 2017

Nurses in care homes need more training in early sight loss interventions.

14 Mar 2017

Nurses from the EU face an 'uncertain future' and need our support, Jane Cummings said, as she opened her fifth Chief Nursing Officer Summit in Birmingham.

14 Mar 2017

A district nurse shortage is leaving patients in pain and putting pressure on staff across the health service, a new report warns.

14 Mar 2017

College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.

13 Mar 2017

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