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Nurse role

Politicians do not always recognise the role of primary care nurses, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said at the Chief Nursing Officer summit in Birmingham on Tue

14 Mar 2017
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The RCN has helped create a new tool to aid nurses and other health professionals in developing treatment plans with patients should they require emergen

14 Mar 2017
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nurse with older patient

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

14 Mar 2017
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Carrie James

Online learning resource developed with the help of teenagers and parents aims to improve nursing care for young people making the transition from children's serv

14 Mar 2017
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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
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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
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A&E

RCN professional lead for public health Helen Donovan said mandatory reporting laws mean more FGM cases are being uncovered, but that it is ‘shocking’ it has remained hidde

13 Mar 2017
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Cost of overseas workers

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

13 Mar 2017
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NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said patients will be able to look up GP waiting times. 

13 Mar 2017
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School of nursing

Collaboration between local organisations will see students learning in university and trust environments, combining education, research and clinical practice.

13 Mar 2017
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Liz Lees

The move by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has attracted criticism.

13 Mar 2017
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Sepsis

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is urging hospital staff to treat people with life-threatening sepsis symptoms within one hour.

10 Mar 2017

A former NHS chief executive with a background in nursing has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting fraudlently paying her husband more than £11,000 from her budget.

10 Mar 2017

Service alteration aims to ease pressures on wider health service.

10 Mar 2017

A former NHS chief executive with a background in nursing is due to be sentenced today (10 March) after admitting fraudulently paying her husband £11,000 from her budget.

10 Mar 2017

NHS England figures reveal 1,000 people waited over 12 hours to be admitted to emergency departments.

10 Mar 2017

Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, according to the nurse brought in to turn the hospital around.

10 Mar 2017

The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely blamed on Brexit.

09 Mar 2017

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