Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Nursing leaders from across the UK have paid tribute to the ‘hard-working and dedicated’ nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over
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- Almost 90,000 nurses will be on Christmas Day duty this year, according to health union estimates.
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Nurses have been voted the most trustworthy professionals for the fifteenth year in a row in a US poll.
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The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has called on commissioners and providers to follow its new guidance to ensure older patients in care homes receive the highest quality of care
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A study has found a ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.
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A pioneering nurse whose recycling project saved £50,000 is urging others to put their ideas forward for a new mentorship scheme aimed at improving nursing practice.
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Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for student bursaries.
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The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of funding failing to meet soaring demand.
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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.
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Health organisations have raised concerns over the government’s decision to allow local authorities in England to increase council tax by 6% over the next two years to pay for soci
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NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.
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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.
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.
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 years of their career in the country.
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.
A Christmas campaign designed to highlight the risk of falls to older people has been launched by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
A poll by the British Lung Foundation has revealed the top five carols to improve breathing in people with lung conditions.
