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Sarah Wollaston

The Commons health committee has launched an inquiry into pressures facing the nursing workforce.

14 Sep 2017
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Kate Granger wards

Staff from 25 trusts that responded to the terror attacks in Manchester and London and the Grenfell Tower fire received special recognition awards at the Kate Granger

14 Sep 2017
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MPs back call for end to the public sector pay cap for NHS
14 Sep 2017
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Mother and baby

Four new mother and baby units will open in England to support women with the most serious mental health conditions.

13 Sep 2017
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Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists are to be urged to look out for symptoms of sepsis, Jeremy Hunt has announced.

13 Sep 2017
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Suicide figures have fallen over the last year, but more than 5,600 people still lost their life in 2016.

12 Sep 2017
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More than one in 10 of the world's pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates.

12 Sep 2017
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The 1% pay cap is set to be lifted for police and prison officers, prompting speculation that nurses’ pay may increase too.

12 Sep 2017
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Britain's shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends following last year's Brexit referendum continue, the government has been

12 Sep 2017
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bowel

Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer, research shows.

12 Sep 2017
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asthma

City-dwelling children with serious asthma may have fewer symptoms if they live close to green parks, nurse-led research suggests.

08 Sep 2017
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Plans to sell off a major NHS staffing agency have been abandoned by the government.

07 Sep 2017

A revised toolkit for school nurses has been published by the RCN.

07 Sep 2017
Unregistered support staff working under specialist nurse job titles, study reveals
07 Sep 2017

A Macmillan and nfpSynergy survey showed that 52% of nurses and GPs have concerns about cancer care. 

07 Sep 2017

Schoolgirls in Scotland will have access to free sanitary products in a bid to tackle 'period poverty', first minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged.

06 Sep 2017
RCN rally calls for end to 1% pay cap
06 Sep 2017

Survey shows 72% of midwives and health visitors believe training about pre and postnatal mental illness is insufficient.

06 Sep 2017

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