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People with learning disabilities are three times more likely to die fr

05 Oct 2016

GPs play vital role in improving care for people with learning disabili

05 Oct 2016
Regional trauma centre boosts survival rates by more than half

More patients are surviving life-threatening injuries thanks to a regional 

05 Oct 2016
Too many people with learning disabilities being admitted to hospital, says lead nurse

Too many people with learning disabilities are still being admitted into hospital as inpat

05 Oct 2016

The controversial new contract for junior doctors in England will begin

05 Oct 2016
Thousands sign petition urging rethink on NHS pay cap

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay c

04 Oct 2016
Jeremy Hunt reveals plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a year

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a

04 Oct 2016
Off-duty nurse saves the life of a great-grandfather – then looks after him in hospital

A quick-thinking nurse used a defibrillator to save an older patient's

04 Oct 2016
Mary Seacole celebrated during Black History Month

Jamaican-born nurse and heroine Mary Seacole, who tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimea

03 Oct 2016
Nine specialist nurses caring for 26,000 patients with epilepsy in Wales, charity warns

Epilepsy Action Cymru said the number of epilepsy specialist nurses in Wales is inadequate

03 Oct 2016

Calls for data to be released to inform improvements in services

03 Oct 2016

Previously unseen images of nursing through the decades feature in the calendar

03 Oct 2016

The RCN has launched a new mentorship scheme for up to 100 frontline staff to&nbs

03 Oct 2016

Crucial evidence has been submitted to the NHS pay review body about staff salari

30 Sep 2016

Only specialist nurses and lead doctors should speak to distressed families about the donat

30 Sep 2016

The final resting place of a nurse killed during World War Two has been properly marke

30 Sep 2016

Few people have a legally-binding document to refuse life-sustaining care or to have a pers

30 Sep 2016

Nurses who work in abortion clinics in the UK are experiencing increasing levels of harassm

30 Sep 2016

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