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Miniature donkeys put a smile on the faces of patients and staff alike as they paid a visit to Norwich Community Hospital.

22 Sep 2017
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Children with common ear infections should not be given antibiotics, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says.

22 Sep 2017
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Senior nurse who developed a national aptitude test for overseas nurses applying to work in Ireland will lead ICN following departure of former chief executive

21 Sep 2017
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Failing to remove the cap on health sector pay increases would increase problems with ‘recruitment, retention and motivation’ a new report claims.

21 Sep 2017
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College students should be assigned mentors, offered relaxation and mindfulness classes, and put into 'houses' to help them settle into univers

21 Sep 2017
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New pathway to help healthcare assistants train to become registered nurses
20 Sep 2017
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Study revealed some trusts call unqualified support staff 'nurses'.
20 Sep 2017
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Norman Lamb calls for wage hike at Lib Dem party conference.

19 Sep 2017
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The RCN has backed a charity’s call to form taskforces to combat a life-limiting lung disease

19 Sep 2017
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A national development programme aimed at newly qualified nurses, midwives and allied health professionals across Scotland is being relaunched.

19 Sep 2017
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The power of social media has been recognised during a week of presentations at a London trust.

18 Sep 2017
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The qualitiy of university teaching and graduate outcomes are to be examined as part of an education committee inquiry. 

18 Sep 2017

Almost 1,400 overseas nurses who applied to work in the UK in the past two years have failed their English language tests, Nursing Standard can reveal.

18 Sep 2017

RCN draws on members' feedback to inform NMC consultation on education standards.

15 Sep 2017
In a break with tradition, unions have submitted a pay claim directly to the government
15 Sep 2017

High-achieving graduates will begin path to nursing leadership.

14 Sep 2017

A new generation of Nightingale Nurses will be created at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

14 Sep 2017

Nurses should become ‘agents for change’ in the NHS, according to the outgoing medical director for NHS England Sir Bruce Keogh.

14 Sep 2017

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