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The training of community teams caring for children needing respiratory support in their own homes can be inadequate, clinical leads have revealed in a Care Quality Commission (CQC
28 Oct 2016
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Sally Monger-Godfrey
Poster shows extra effort when clocks go back
27 Oct 2016
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Poor health staff

Hard-pressed health service staff are struggling to make ends meet, according to Unison survey.

27 Oct 2016
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Bullied
Four out five healthcare professionals have been subjected to bullying, new research reveals.
26 Oct 2016
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Leading nurse Pauline Watts had a date with royalty today when she collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace
25 Oct 2016
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Severe mental illness

Report says life expectancy for these patients is the same as that of the general population in the 1950s, and they are more likely to experience&n

25 Oct 2016
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Domestic abuse

Nurses are three times more likely than the average person to have experienced domestic abuse.

25 Oct 2016
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The government must recognise the critical importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses, according to the body that represents the UK’s u

24 Oct 2016
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Nurses are being urged to help join in the fight against so-called ‘modern slavery’, in an awareness raising campaign by the NHS
24 Oct 2016
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Formula feed

The RCN has published guidance on formula feeding for nurses who care for infants and mothers.

21 Oct 2016
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Older nurse

The RCN’s labour market review has highlighted a crisis in the UK’s nursing supply including an ageing workforce and concerns over the inflow of European nurs

21 Oct 2016

Security staff at a major London hospital trust are being given body cameras after attacks on nurses and other frontline workers rose by almost one third in the past year. 

20 Oct 2016
The Burns Game tests healthcare professionals with questions and scenarios about how to care for burn patients.
19 Oct 2016

A study has shown that nurses can better cope with rude remarks from colleagues if they believe in their own ability to cope with difficult relationships

19 Oct 2016
NHS providers could save around £120 million by increasing the use of clinical home care, according to a report.
18 Oct 2016
Cora could save lives through app, research suggests.
17 Oct 2016
The head of The King’s Fund says of all the frontline health professionals needed to successfully integrate health and social care, nurses will play the biggest role.
14 Oct 2016

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