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Elder abuse

Guidance outlines training programme to ensure vulnerable patients are protected from neglect following abuse scandals

21 Aug 2018
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Janet Davies

‘It has been a great honour to represent my profession at the highest level,’ she says

20 Aug 2018
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A woman sitting before a NMC hearing
Lesley Pollero claimed she had a reflective discussion with her line manager
20 Aug 2018
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Homelessness

Charity highlights street-based nursing care initiative to improve the health of the homeless 

20 Aug 2018
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Bullying

Toxic workplace and 'put up and shut up' culture still pervades the NHS

20 Aug 2018
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Substitution

International Council of Nurses warns that use of under-qualified staff can affect patient safety

17 Aug 2018
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A young woman being vaccinated by a nurse

First-year students are at elevated risk of meningococcal infection

17 Aug 2018
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Scotland Pay Vote

Deal leaves nurses in Scotland ‘significantly better paid’ than those elsewhere in the UK 

17 Aug 2018
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Stephen Barclay

RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’

17 Aug 2018
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Exam results
Reform of nurse student funding appears to be failing to boost staff and student numbers
16 Aug 2018
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CPR in schools

Education would include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and dealing with common injuries

15 Aug 2018
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A nurse puts a reassuring hand on the shoulder of a patient

The Scottish government’s suicide prevention action plan aims to reduce deaths by 20%

15 Aug 2018
There are 2,000 fewer learning disability nurses than eight years ago
14 Aug 2018
Bank nurse Isabel Amaro was struck off after being convicted of gross negligence manslaughter
14 Aug 2018

Postal ballot will run from 11 October to 14 November

13 Aug 2018
Nursing associate apprenticeships are almost 1,500 below projected numbers
10 Aug 2018

Nurse Sarah Kuteh accepts she 'went too far' by giving a patient her Bible, spokesperson said

10 Aug 2018

Figures ‘expose the untenable short-staffing crisis across the NHS’

10 Aug 2018

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