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Post natal depression
A £5million fund for perinatal mental health services has been announced as the first step to improving support for mothers.
19 Aug 2016
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Pay freeze
Gordon Lees looked back at more than 40 years of activism for the RCN at a talk in London yesterday.
19 Aug 2016
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Applications
Plans to scrap student bursaries risk worsening a recruitment crisis in mental health nursing, a report has warned.
19 Aug 2016
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SPRAINSPOTTING poster

Nurse practitioners promote new uniforms by posing for Trainspotting homage.

19 Aug 2016
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Nurse Pauline Cafferky is now under investigation
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while volunteering in west Africa, is under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over her scre
18 Aug 2016
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Sue Doheny
Two senior nurses have been appointed to unite the work of the clinical commissioning group regulator NHS England and the hospital trust watchdog NHS Improvement.
18 Aug 2016
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Child in playground

Government's new childhood obesity strategy, which calls on nurses to help tackle the problem, is branded 'a missed opportunity' by the Obesity Health Alliance for its&nbsp

18 Aug 2016
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Exam results

Nursing is the fifth most popular subject searched for on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) clearing website.

18 Aug 2016
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First world war diary picture
The diary of a volunteer nurse who died during the First World War is expected to attract international interest when it goes under the hammer.
18 Aug 2016
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Language tests

Standardised testing of general and clinical English language skills for all overseas nurses, doctors and dentists would improve patient safety, says Royal C

18 Aug 2016
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Destroyed hospital in Aleppo
The International Council of Nurses condemned attacks against health workers in the ongoing civil war in Syria.
18 Aug 2016
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Obesity
Government's strategy to be published on Thursday
17 Aug 2016

New interactive map has revealed wide inequalities in care for people with dementia in England. 

17 Aug 2016
£300k plan to curb staff shortages
17 Aug 2016

A&E patients could be treated by specially-trained nurses as part of measures to tackle the ‘crisis’ in emergency care.

17 Aug 2016
Game aims to minimise medication errors
17 Aug 2016
Disrupted body clock increases risk, research suggests.
17 Aug 2016
'Lack of contact' with mental health services for people who take their own life
16 Aug 2016

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