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New workforce strategy for practice nurses

Work is under way on a new national workforce strategy to meet the needs of general practi

26 Aug 2016

The NHS Tayside nurse said eight-hour shifts can be worked for up to 10 days in a row and

25 Aug 2016
Emergency department closed to children

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has suspended A&E services for young

25 Aug 2016
'Reinstate nursing bursary'

The editors of three leading UK nursing publications, including Nursing Standard, have wri

25 Aug 2016

The Institute of Public Policy Research think tank say the NHS would collapse without the

25 Aug 2016
Warning over school nurse numbers

Reduction means vulnerable at risk says RCN

24 Aug 2016
Respiratory nurse Kate Barmby makes The Great British Bake Off debut tonight

Norwich nurse Kate Barmby will be making her TV debut as a contestant on hit show The

24 Aug 2016
Corbyn: 'I'll keep the bursary'

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reverse the government’s decision to

24 Aug 2016
Funding to curb use of police cells as place of safety for mental health crises announced

The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being u

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
Archive belonging to first world war nurse sells for £11,200

The diary, photographs and medals belonging to a first world war nurse have amazed auction

24 Aug 2016
Heatwave warning for South and East of England

Community nurses should be prepared to help vulnerable patients in the heatwave predicted

24 Aug 2016

The NHS may lack enough nurses and other key staff to make a seven-day service work properl

23 Aug 2016

Multilingual healthcare assistant put translation skills to the test in Rio.

23 Aug 2016

Midwife’s care failings before infant’s death lead to her suspension.

23 Aug 2016

Terminations for vulnerable groups suspended by Marie Stopes in light of Care Quality

23 Aug 2016

One-year Sheffield College access to nursing course aimed at healthcare staff who don'

23 Aug 2016

Tributes have been paid to RCN steward and chair of its inner south west London branch Andy

22 Aug 2016

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