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University’s scheme helps tutors identify placement issues at an early

11 Dec 2019
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date of pay day is circled on a calendar

RCN urges next UK government to promise an end to the immigration health surcharge for nur

11 Dec 2019
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Illustration of public's perceptions of nursing

Three in five respondents would not consider a career in profession

09 Dec 2019
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Yellow safety signs reads: 'Danger – Asbestos removal in progress
  • RCN calls for urgent investment in NHS hospital buildings
09 Dec 2019
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Picture shows a nurse standing next to a woman lying on a trolley in a hospital corridor. The official NHS count of 12-hour waits at emergency d­­epartments in England underestimates the actual figure, says the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

Truth about ED delays is masked by NHS England’s counting method, claims Royal Colleg

09 Dec 2019
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illustration of norovirus

Winter vomiting bug causes spike in NHS bed closures as hospitals work to contain its

06 Dec 2019
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A group of overseas-trained nurses at Salford Royal NHS Trust in 2019

Nuffield Trust says figures highlight reliance on health and social care staff born outsid

04 Dec 2019
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Nurses sit in a staff room chatting over coffee

RCN members work to rule, but their protest is scheduled to escalate to full str

03 Dec 2019
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Text from forthcoming NHS People Plan reveals strategy to rec

03 Dec 2019
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UCAS website

UCAS figures show rise since last year, but college calls for more

28 Nov 2019
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Boris Johnson sits around a table talking to nurses at West Cornwall Hospital

Staff at West Cornwall Hospital grill prime minister on financial hardship and nurse

28 Nov 2019
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Illustration of a nurse writing on a staff rota board, with healthcare assistant and nurse numbers recorded

Health Foundation says HCAs and nursing associates are filling recruitm

28 Nov 2019

RCN employment survey finds pressures and lack of management support are often to blame

28 Nov 2019

Trust encourages nurses to treat breaks as critical rest time, particularly on ni

26 Nov 2019

Conservatives have resisted calls to reinstate the nursing student bursary in England

25 Nov 2019

Brittany McArthur recognised by university for demonstrating compas

25 Nov 2019

Regulator plans to abolish time limit on nursing and midwifery qualifications taken in Engl

21 Nov 2019

System warns staff if a patient may be at risk of the condition

20 Nov 2019

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