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Aggression against staff

Nursing leaders are ‘very concerned’ over what will happen to body that advises on NHS staff safety.

10 Feb 2017
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09 Feb 2017
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Plans to integrate health and social care services by 2020 have been slower and less successful than envisaged, a report finds.

08 Feb 2017
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06 Feb 2017
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Charge overseas patients

NHS trusts will be legally obliged from April to check if overseas patients are eligible for free care – but unions fear it will further stretch an already bu

06 Feb 2017
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A national audit found 43% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients are readmitted to hospital at least once within 90 days of discharg

06 Feb 2017
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Bad lifestyle choice

Figures released by Cancer Research UK have highlighted potentially bad lifestyle factors causing rising cancer rates in women.

03 Feb 2017
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Queen's nurses

Patron’s Fund grant will be used to host a day of celebration for working and retired Queen’s nurses at Frogmore in Windsor

03 Feb 2017
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Nearly 2,000 nurses have expressed interest in being early adopters of the RCN’s new ‘credentialing’ process for advanced practice, which will launch in April

03 Feb 2017
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Research project will evaluate whether holding a specialist qualification boosts district nurses’ assertiveness.

02 Feb 2017
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Gender stereotypes

Primary school children are more likely to identify a woman as a nurse and a man as a surgeon, according to new research.

02 Feb 2017
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Health visitor cuts
Humber NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on changes to its public health nursing service which includes a reduction in the number of band 6 health visitors
02 Feb 2017
The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017

Academics are to explore whether 'culturally aware' robots could help care for older people in future.

01 Feb 2017

Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing Associates.

01 Feb 2017

A new service has been launched to help GPs affected by mental health and addication issues.

01 Feb 2017
MPs warn the NHS cannot afford to lose the goodwill of nurses
31 Jan 2017

Practice and district nurses should routinely ask people over 65 about falls, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

31 Jan 2017

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