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Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN has said.

06 Mar 2017
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Leaving

Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have left citing ‘work-life balance’, new data reveals.

03 Mar 2017
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The government must get serious about building the school nursing workforce – if sex education is to be compulsory in every secondary school, says the RCN.

03 Mar 2017
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NHS England is clamping down on the closure of hospital beds.

03 Mar 2017

A lobster replaced the Welsh dragon on flags around Wales on St David’s Day, as part of a skin cancer awareness campaign.

03 Mar 2017
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Nurses and other health professionals caring for dying people should do more to ask about spiritual beliefs – NICE

02 Mar 2017
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The NHS 'stands on a burning platform' with four out of five trusts needing to improve on patient safety, England's top hospital inspector has warned.

02 Mar 2017
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Our NHS demo

The It's Our NHS event will see people march to a rally at the Houses of Parliament.

02 Mar 2017
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Pregnant smokers

Young expectant mothers, enrolled in Solent NHS Trust's family nurse partnership, will receive £20 shopping vouchers for each month of their pregnancy in which

02 Mar 2017
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Competence test

University of Northampton creates larger testing facility for nurses trained overseas.

02 Mar 2017
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European Union migrants working in the health service should be given an immediate right to remain under an ‘NHS passport’, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has

01 Mar 2017
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End of life care

Freedom of Information requests show a postcode lottery in the level of end of life care available.

01 Mar 2017

Research also highlights poor relationships between agency and permanent staff.

01 Mar 2017

The new chief executive at the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is keen to promote black and minority ethnic (BME) issues and tackle systemic problems in nursing.

01 Mar 2017

Assaults on NHS staff in England are on the rise.

28 Feb 2017

More than 20,000 allegations of abuse by home care workers against older and vulnerable people have been made in the last three years, figures show.

28 Feb 2017

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is applying to be accredited with Magnet status, which recognises quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing and midwifery practice.

28 Feb 2017

Independent Federation of Nursing says proposed longer breaks for nurses on Glasgow hospital’s dementia and mental health wards could affect care and increase patient aggression

28 Feb 2017

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