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Trolly waits
Thousands of pre-planned operations and appointments delayed
03 Jan 2018
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Obesity campaign

Public Health England is encouraging parents to offer children healthier, 100 calorie snacks as alternative to tackle the obesity epidemic.

02 Jan 2018
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Hilary Chapman and Jackie Daniel
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
29 Dec 2017
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to stay with them, helped by a staff retention resource from NHS Impro

29 Dec 2017
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Becky Platt

UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohingya people.

28 Dec 2017
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No ops for BME

Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates through application and interview process to boost diversity 

27 Dec 2017
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The coming year will be an opportunity to drive better continuity of care for mothers-to-be, England’s most senior midwife says after new guidance was issued

27 Dec 2017
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EU working time regulations

Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders

21 Dec 2017
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Xmas hardship

Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to apply for help from Lamplight Support Service.

21 Dec 2017
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UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas

20 Dec 2017
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The exodus of nurses will continue unless staff receive an above inflation pay rise, the RCN has warned.

19 Dec 2017
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Nurse vacancies

Labour Party says that NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts in England

19 Dec 2017

Dame Sarah Mullally to become the 133rd Bishop of London in 2018 and installed in a service at St Paul’s Cathedral.

18 Dec 2017

The NHS will use the latest technology to track outbreaks of norovirus and other illnesses in England this winter to try to cope with surges in demand on services

18 Dec 2017

Infection experts are encouraging nurses to ensure they have a flu vaccination to protect patients and colleagues.

15 Dec 2017

Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay outlines increase in pay for public sector workers earning £30,000 or less in yesterday’s budget briefing. 

15 Dec 2017

An expansion of the nursing Return to Practice scheme and a 25% increase in the number of nursing undergraduate places are among new measures aimed at addressing the NHS staffing crisis.

15 Dec 2017

Pressing ahead with clinics' closures before launch of online service to part-replace them is putting public's health at risk, says RCN.

13 Dec 2017

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