Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Average care home prices in England have jumped by almost a quarter in a year despite declining quality, according to a new analysis.
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Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
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The Campaign to End Loneliness is calling for a UK-wide strategy for tackling loneliness and social isolation.
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Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last year were over the age of 40.
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Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the nursing workforce shortage, said nursing academics.
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The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been announced after employers showed ‘real appetite’ for the role.
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Patients are missing out on the best possible care due to a critical shortage of nurses and consultants, experts from a national audit programme have concluded.
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships.
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Nurses should not use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN guidance.
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Thousands of nurses have considered leaving UK to work overseas over the last five years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workforce crisis after chancellor Philip Hammond failed to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap in his autumn statement.
Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to receive some forms of NHS care.
A record number of front-line NHS staff including nurses have received flu vaccinations this year.
Chief inspector of England’s hospitals pledges his teams will look at provision for carers of people with dementia.
A nurse and a 94-year-old patient are among the singers hoping for a hit single this Christmas.
Nursing associates will only be able to administer medicines if suitably trained and competent, in settings where it is deemed appropriate, and will be guided by employer medicines management policies, according to Health Education England (HEE).
