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Freezing winter weather poses a lethal risk for people who live alone, says England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings, who is encouraging people

13 Dec 2017
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Nurses have revealed fears over the safety of patients with dementia who will be unnecessarily spending Christmas on a ward.

13 Dec 2017
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Kate Garraway and Dorcas Gwata
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
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Snowed under
Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
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The risk of heart attack and stroke rises immediately after a cold snap, and the number of people admitted to accident and emergency departments is likely to

11 Dec 2017
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Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million investment in education and training, adding 161 places across

08 Dec 2017
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Maria Trewern

NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in January – with the aim to speak out and ‘prioritise safe staffing’ – a

08 Dec 2017
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The RCN is calling for a long-term plan to address the strain on health services in what is expected to be one of the worst winters for years

08 Dec 2017
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Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017
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More people with anxiety and depression are gaining access to NHS talking therapies in England, official data show

07 Dec 2017
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RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe will join thousands of fundraisers this weekend for a charity sleep-out in Edinburgh in support of homeless people

06 Dec 2017
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Health visitors

Health visitors in England fear falling numbers could be putting children’s lives at risk, a new survey reveals.

05 Dec 2017

Persuading more nurses and other NHS staff to have the flu vaccination could dramatically reduce overall sickness absence rates, a study shows

05 Dec 2017

Action is needed to address obesity among healthcare staff, with one in four nurses in England dangerously overweight, researchers say

05 Dec 2017

The number of mature students accepted onto nursing degree courses has heavily declined with the removal of the bursary, official figures published today reveal.

04 Dec 2017

Nominations are now open for one of nursing’s most prestigious accolades, in which patients put forward the name of a nurse who has made a difference to the care of themselves or a loved one – the Patient’s Choice category of the 2018 RCNi Nurse Awards

04 Dec 2017

More funding for nurses' continuing professional development will be found, according to the chief of England's national workforce body

01 Dec 2017

A group of community nurses in Scotland are to receive the title of Queen's Nurse at a ceremony in Edinburgh this evening

01 Dec 2017

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