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A doctor who lied about the high temperature of nurse Pauline Cafferkey was last week suspended from practising for a month
03 Apr 2017
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Nurse academics from across the world will visit Oxford this week for the RCN International Nursing Research Conference and Exhibition 2017.

03 Apr 2017
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NHS Improvement has agreed to pause plans to prevent nurses working for an agency if they have a substantive contract

31 Mar 2017
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New powers to give warnings and advice on the future conduct in Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases have been welcomed by nurses

31 Mar 2017
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Christian nurse sacked by NHS after offering to pray with patients before surgery claims unfair dismissal.

31 Mar 2017
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Nurse First aims to attract high-achieving graduates into nursing
31 Mar 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) annual registration fee will remain at £120 for the coming financial year, the regulator has confirmed.

30 Mar 2017
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Many shifts could remain unfilled after restrictions on NHS staff doing agency work are introduced, early survey results suggest.

30 Mar 2017
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Leukaemia Care survey finds that only 49% of respondents have access to a clinical nurse specialist after diagnosis – and the figure rises to almost two thirds among those over

29 Mar 2017
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A European Union nurse has urged that guaranteeing the working rights of European nurses be made a ‘top priority’ as the government triggers Article 50 today.

29 Mar 2017
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Two new dedicated programmes to equip talented nurses for leadership roles have been announced.

28 Mar 2017
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Thousands of children with long-term medical conditions are being put at risk every time they go to school, a group of charities has warned.

28 Mar 2017

Nurses in England to receive 1% pay rise

28 Mar 2017

The photos, diaries and scrapbooks of nine nurses from the first world war are to be catalogued digitally as RCN prepares for defence nursing exhibition.

28 Mar 2017

Nurses in Wales are set to get a 1% pay rise from April, as the NHS pay cap continues for a seventh year.

28 Mar 2017

A school nurse-led text messaging service that offers confidential health advice to secondary school children can now be accessed by one million users.

27 Mar 2017

City, University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust are planning to work in partnership to improve nurse retention.

27 Mar 2017
Value of EU nurses reinforced by the RCN ahead of Article 50 trigger
27 Mar 2017

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