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Competence test

University of Northampton creates larger testing facility for nurses trained overseas.

02 Mar 2017
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European Union migrants working in the health service should be given an immediate right to remain under an ‘NHS passport’, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has

01 Mar 2017
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End of life care

Freedom of Information requests show a postcode lottery in the level of end of life care available.

01 Mar 2017
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Violence against NHS staff

Assaults on NHS staff in England are on the rise.

28 Feb 2017
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More than 20,000 allegations of abuse by home care workers against older and vulnerable people have been made in the last three years, figures show.

28 Feb 2017
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Jane Cummings
England's chief nurse to embark on new project
27 Feb 2017
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Birmingham Children's Hospital

Delegates have opportunity to join organisation that has received an outstanding Care Quality Commission rating.

27 Feb 2017
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More than one in 10 people who sought support from a nurse hardship charity in the past year are struggling financially after a cancer diagnosis.

27 Feb 2017
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Violence

The RCN has backed calls for tougher sanctions on those who assault clinical staff.

27 Feb 2017
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Essay mills

Government proposes new guidance for universities and penalties for students who use essay mills to buy coursework.

24 Feb 2017
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Dame Elizabeth Anionwu honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace

24 Feb 2017
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Leading nurse academic’s warning over new nursing associate role.

23 Feb 2017

Office for National Statistics says the number of new cases in England is equivalent to 822 a day

23 Feb 2017

The RCN has joined a raft of healthcare organisations who have re-emphasised the importance of childhood vaccinations.

22 Feb 2017

The NHS’s non-emergency line is sending a rising proportion of patients for emergency care, new analysis shows.

22 Feb 2017

Two thirds (67%) of nurses think they have too little time to provide high quality care to dying patients, a Nursing Standard and Marie Curie survey has revealed.

22 Feb 2017

The Royal College of Midwives has called for increased investment in maternal mental health services in response to a survey of more than 2,300 mothers

21 Feb 2017

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will work to cut GP appointments in the West Country by a quarter.

21 Feb 2017

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