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A respiratory nurse consultant has worked on a two-minute video aimed at encouraging children to use their inhalers properly.

02 May 2017
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The government comfortably avoided a symbolic defeat over funding for nursing students in the dying moments of the current Parliament.

28 Apr 2017
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MPs say 150,000 workers face an uncertain future
28 Apr 2017
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New analysis shows the number of emergency department admissions for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) continues to rise, costing the NHS millions.

27 Apr 2017
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Voting in the Patient's Choice category in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017 closes at midnight on 28 April.

27 Apr 2017
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Public Accounts Committee says patients rely too much on seeing GPs rather than nurses. 

27 Apr 2017
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Championing care home nurses

A set of reports examining pilots into the role of care home nursing has been published.

27 Apr 2017
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Election pledges to scrap the cap, reinstate bursary and safe staffing legislation
26 Apr 2017
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Oldest hospice in England develops app for smartphones and tablets.

26 Apr 2017
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A flagship HIV service has a more certain future following the support of local campaigners and charities.

26 Apr 2017
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Thousands of people diagnosed with cancer in emergency departments every year have visited their GP three times or more with symptoms, research shows.

25 Apr 2017
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A report has found that many emergency department admissions for babies and young children could have been avoided with better care and support in community settings.

25 Apr 2017

Five regions of England are cutting spending on mental health, figures suggest.

25 Apr 2017

Comedian and ex-mental health nurse Jo Brand shows her support.

24 Apr 2017

Health visitors and school nurses are holding a meeting in the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 26 April to call for the ring-fencing of public health budgets.

24 Apr 2017

A nurse has been appointed chair of the British Menopause Society for the first time in its 25-year history.

21 Apr 2017

Health visitors are in a good position to spot the signs of those living as domestic slaves, according to the Institute of Health Visiting.

21 Apr 2017

A campaign has been launched to help nurses and midwives avoid being taken off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register because of late fee payments.

20 Apr 2017

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