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Paul Vaughan

Two directors will help tackle challenges facing the profession.

20 Apr 2017
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Strep B screening

Routine screening of pregnant women for the bacterial infection can dramatically cut incidence in newborns, trust's research suggests

20 Apr 2017
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More than 2,200 people have registered to attend London event

19 Apr 2017
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Black and minority ethinic (BME) nurses and midwives are continuing to 'suffer in silence' in England, but there are signs of improvement in a new r

19 Apr 2017
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Figures from an NHS trust show that more than two-fifths of people sent a test kit for bowel cancer did not use it, and more than a quarter offered appointments with a nurse spe

19 Apr 2017
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Hardship

The number of hardship grants handed to struggling nurses have soared in the first three months of the year.

18 Apr 2017
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Theresa May

Prime minister Theresa May has called a snap general election for 8 June.

18 Apr 2017
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A university providing self-funding nursing student places that have not been commissioned by Health Education England has increased its intake more than fivefold.  

18 Apr 2017
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RCNi Nurse Awards

Time is running out to cast your vote in the Patient’s Choice category of the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence

13 Apr 2017
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Linsey Davis

Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.

13 Apr 2017
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Nurses planning projects to improve the health of homeless people will be able to apply for new funding.

13 Apr 2017
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RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.

13 Apr 2017

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less likely than the general population to have done so.

12 Apr 2017

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she fell seriously ill with ebola.

12 Apr 2017

Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become available on the remote Scottish island of Fair Isle.

11 Apr 2017

Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review website for those with stroke or brain injuries.

11 Apr 2017

Scotland is the first part of the UK where PrEP HIV drug will be availabe on the NHS.

11 Apr 2017

NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and shorter wait to re-apply.

11 Apr 2017

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