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Hardship

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust received nearly a third more calls from nursing staff in the first half of this year compared with last year.

13 Jul 2017
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House of Lords

House of Lords to debate the public sector pay cap, as cross-party group calls for government rethink on ‘detrimental’ policy.

13 Jul 2017
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UCAS application

The number of nursing degree applicants to universities in the UK has fallen by 19% in the past year, according to official figures.

13 Jul 2017
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Our Health Heroes

Our Health Heroes Awards recognise healthcare support workers, apprentices and teamwork. 

12 Jul 2017
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nurse gives stop-smoking advice

Public health budget cuts affecting services such as sexual health and stop-smoking services, says think tank.

12 Jul 2017
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Care planning

More collaboration between professionals, residents and relatives brings benefits.

12 Jul 2017
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CBT

Nurses will deliver talking therapy to breast cancer patients in a study aimed at improving access to treatment for hot flushes and night sweats.

12 Jul 2017
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Nurses working at the Weybridge Community Hospital in Surrey will discuss redeployment plans after a blaze led to the hospital's closure

12 Jul 2017
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NMC hearing

A nurse who lied to his wife and friends for seven years about being a leading surgeon has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.

11 Jul 2017
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Norman Lamb

Failure to deliver on promised funding is ‘disgusting’, Norman Lamb said.

 

11 Jul 2017
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nurse works at computer

Greater numbers of older nurses left the register since revalidation, NMC reveals.

11 Jul 2017
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People may be living longer, but they are not necessarily living healthier, says a leading nurse who has begun a research fellowship into older peop

10 Jul 2017

One of the last pre-registration nursing courses to offer a bursary gets underway at the University of Birmingham.

10 Jul 2017

More new cases of cancer each year than weddings in the UK

10 Jul 2017
RCN warning after government insists pay cap will stay
07 Jul 2017

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has launched an online resource to address knowledge gaps for those who want to work in homeless health

07 Jul 2017

The NHS faces 'serious challenges in maintaining standards of care', with senior managers worried about having the right levels of staff, according to a new report.

07 Jul 2017

The RCN has responded to the latest national figures on female genital mutilation (FGM) to say that more school nurses are need to tackle the problem

06 Jul 2017

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