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A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters back above-inflation pay rises for the public sector.

09 Mar 2017
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Janet Davies

Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to get the money it needs, and no mention of p

08 Mar 2017
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08 Mar 2017
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King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing, with two other British institutions also in the top ten.

08 Mar 2017
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Using technology to manage cancer symptoms at home should be the focus of research, say oncology nurses.

07 Mar 2017
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A nurse has admitted misconduct after failing to attempt to resuscitate a care home resident she believed was dead.

07 Mar 2017
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NHS staff are still putting themselves under pressure to go to work when feeling unable to perform their duties, an official survey has revealed.

07 Mar 2017
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Community nursing charity the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new website.

07 Mar 2017
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Nursing Standard has joined forces with The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People for a UK-wide survey to find out what nurses and healthcare assistants think about patient care,

07 Mar 2017
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Health Education England confirms proposals to train more nursing associates. 

06 Mar 2017
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Our NHS march

An estimated quarter of a million people joined a march through the streets of London in support of the NHS.

06 Mar 2017
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Record numbers of nurses and healthcare assistants have applied for hardship grants, the RCN has said.

06 Mar 2017

Half of nurses leaving jobs at NHS trusts do so for ‘unknown reasons’, while thousands have left citing ‘work-life balance’, new data reveals.

03 Mar 2017

The government must get serious about building the school nursing workforce – if sex education is to be compulsory in every secondary school, says the RCN.

03 Mar 2017

NHS England is clamping down on the closure of hospital beds.

03 Mar 2017

Nurses and other health professionals caring for dying people should do more to ask about spiritual beliefs – NICE

02 Mar 2017

The It's Our NHS event will see people march to a rally at the Houses of Parliament.

02 Mar 2017

Young expectant mothers, enrolled in Solent NHS Trust's family nurse partnership, will receive £20 shopping vouchers for each month of their pregnancy in which they do not smoke.

02 Mar 2017

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