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Falls prevention

A study has found a ‘calculable’ link between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.

20 Dec 2016
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Brexit

Brexit and an ageing population could worsen the existing shortage of nurses in England, research has warned.

20 Dec 2016
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Waste project
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.
20 Dec 2016
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Bursary or Bust demonstration

Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for student bursaries.

20 Dec 2016
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The Cavell Nurses Trust has revealed it expects to have received 2,000 enquiries for help by the end of the year, nearly half as many more than it did in 2015.

20 Dec 2016
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The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of funding failing to meet soaring demand. 

20 Dec 2016
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Minehead Community Hospital

Ten inpatient beds at a community hospital in Somerset have been temporarily moved to another hospital due to a shortage of nurses.

19 Dec 2016
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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.
19 Dec 2016
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Liver scan

Scans could detect early liver diseases, according to new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

19 Dec 2016
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Cannabis smoking linked to Schizophrenia
People who have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia are more likely to try cannabis, according to new research.
19 Dec 2016
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Counselling

More support for public mental health and early intervention services is needed if the government is to lower England’s suicide rate.

19 Dec 2016
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Nursing students

The University of Gloucestershire has been given the green light to offer a new nursing degree from September 2017, after the course was approved, subject to conditions, by the

16 Dec 2016
The CQC has said clinical governance and leadership at an NHS trust have improved but nurse staffing and training levels remain a concern.
16 Dec 2016
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 social care.
16 Dec 2016

NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.

16 Dec 2016

Pressures on hospital beds is so severe that the equivalent of seven extra hospitals had to be opened on the busiest day last winter, according to a new analysis by the Nuffield Trust.

16 Dec 2016

A student has realised her childhood dream of becoming a nurse thanks to a donor-funded scholarship scheme.

15 Dec 2016
School nurses and teachers should supervise children brushing their teeth to help drive down rates of tooth decay, experts have said.
15 Dec 2016

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