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More than a third of home care workers in England have had no training in dementia care – Alzheimer’s Society.

17 Nov 2016
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Sian Thomas won the prestigious RCN Wales nurse of the year award for ensuring a child with complex needs could be educated in a mainstream school.
17 Nov 2016
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Santa Forgot advert

Christmas is forgotten by a Santa living with dementia in an advert raising funds for research.

16 Nov 2016
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Nurses
Reasearch shows one professional nurse substitution associated with a 21% rise in patient death risk.
15 Nov 2016
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Difficulties older people face when they move between healthcare providers.

14 Nov 2016
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Hospital admissions

The number of hospital admissions in England reached a record 16.2 million last year.

11 Nov 2016
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buying essays
A Nursing Standard investigation reveals thousands of UK nursing students have been involved in cases of academic misconduct such as: plagiarism, forging signatures and cheating in
11 Nov 2016
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Attrition_rates

The government wants drop-out rates halved by next year.

10 Nov 2016
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Gordon Lees and Cecelia Anim
RCN lays crosses at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
10 Nov 2016
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Tablet training

Marie Curie nurses are heading to their local bank to receive digital skills training to improve care.

08 Nov 2016
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Winter campaign video
Nurses, pharmacists and GPs are fronting a campaign to help people to keep well this winter and away from overstretched emergency departments.
07 Nov 2016
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John Middleton

 Emmerdale will portray confusion and fears of newly diagnosed character in episode filmed from his point of view

07 Nov 2016
Nurses who took part in the Widening Access Training (WAT) scheme could be eligible for a sizeable tax rebate
04 Nov 2016
Families should never be afraid to raise concerns about the standard of care their loved ones are receiving.
03 Nov 2016

Alzheimer’s charity says a ‘deep-seated misunderstanding’ of the system means fewer than a third of those eligible are using the budgets to choose their own care

03 Nov 2016
Some hospitals are serving out-of-date food to patients, an investigation has found.
02 Nov 2016
The number of nurses and midwives being referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council has risen for the third year running, according to the regulator’s annual review.
01 Nov 2016

Staff in new role will also carry out invasive procedures, government documents suggest.

01 Nov 2016

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