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Carers take loved ones to emergency department because of lack of district nurses

One in five carers have taken their loved one to the emergency department (ED) due to

30 Sep 2016
Centenarian nurse receives honour for wartime care

A wartime nurse who was posted in Normandy as the first D-Day soldiers arrived is to be ho

30 Sep 2016
Stop 'disinvestment' in nursing to improve end of life care

An RCN seminar on end of life issues heard how action was needed to end ‘disinvestment’ in

29 Sep 2016
1 in 10 nurses due to revalidate have left the register, latest figures show

Nearly 1 in 10 (9.5%) of the nurses due to revalidate in July and August failed

29 Sep 2016
Exclusive: Public Health England appoints first of 28 nurse 'clinical champions'

A nurse is to teach colleagues about the benefits of physical activity as part of a scheme

29 Sep 2016
Nurses and midwives call for pay rise

Nurses and midwives are calling on the government to end its policy of pay restraint, as t

29 Sep 2016
Depression and anxiety soars in young women, new figures show

There has been an alarming rise in rates of anxiety and depression among young women

29 Sep 2016
RCN sets out timetable for ANP accreditation project

The RCN is taking a phased approach to advanced nurse practitioner accreditation.

29 Sep 2016
Journalists condemn new NMC rules to keep disciplinary details private

Journalists have written to the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

29 Sep 2016
Nurses experience old age through innovative simulation suit

NHS staff will get the opportunity to feel the effects of old age.

28 Sep 2016

More than 75,000 people in England were deprived of their liberty from April 2015 to March

28 Sep 2016

Jeremy Hunt wins High Court battle with junior doctors over complaint that he had gone bey

28 Sep 2016

Study shows patients have symptoms a year before emergency bowel cancer diagnosis.

28 Sep 2016

A college nurse recently swam a mile around London’s Serpentine Lake to raise money for cha

28 Sep 2016

NHS staff must always ensure patients take priority over organisational pressures, a report

27 Sep 2016

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has offered support to those who knew nurse Sue Owe

27 Sep 2016

Almost half of carers surveyed praised nurses’ help.

27 Sep 2016

New Welsh Government programme sets out to ensure consistent healthcare for all children fr

27 Sep 2016

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