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Concerns over vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland

The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in

06 Sep 2016
Call for debate on future of nursing education

A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new sta

01 Sep 2016
Mencap reveals lack of support for children with learning disabilities in summer

A poll by learning disability charity Mencap showed 80 per cent of parents of a child with

01 Sep 2016
Warning over school nurse numbers

Reduction means vulnerable at risk says RCN

24 Aug 2016
Nurses' sickness absence rates almost four times higher than doctors

New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates acro

24 Aug 2016
First two regional chief nurses appointed by NHS Improvement and NHS England

Two senior nurses have been appointed to unite the work of the clinical commissioning grou

18 Aug 2016
NHS England announces £100 million funding for post-Winterbourne services

Funding announced to make Tranforming Care discharge plans a reality

17 Aug 2016
Scottish students race to get last remaining nursing places north of the border

A small number of places on nursing degrees in Scotland are still available through cleari

11 Aug 2016

Steve Scown, the chief executive of care provider Dimensions, has said a government hate c

27 Jul 2016

Funding will expand liaison and diversion services in England

22 Jul 2016

New NICE guideline urges nurses and other healthcare staff to be vigilant of early symptom

22 Jul 2016
More learning disability nurses needed to improve care for people with autism, RCN urges

RCN highlights need after inquiry revealed nine in ten people with autism said h

06 Jul 2016

Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health have launched the Our Health H

01 Jul 2016
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23 Jun 2016

Easy-to-read flu guide launched for people with learning disabilities

23 Jun 2016

Two members of the House of Lords raise concerns about slow progress in helping people move

23 Jun 2016

Public Health England outlines plan for alerting people to hot weather risks such as heatst

23 Jun 2016

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust pays £80,000 to family after accepting responsibility

23 Jun 2016

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