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The NMC building
The number of nurses and midwives being referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council has risen for the third year running, according to the regulator’s annual review.
01 Nov 2016
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Melissa James

Singer/songwriter releases single for mental health charity SANE.

01 Nov 2016
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Drugs trolley

Staff in new role will also carry out invasive procedures, government documents suggest.

01 Nov 2016
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boy in distress

NSPCC says number of children and young people seeking help for anxiety is rising sharply.

31 Oct 2016
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Family of retired nurse

The family of a retired nurse who died in a fall from a motorway bridge say her death could have been prevented.

27 Oct 2016
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Poor health staff

Hard-pressed health service staff are struggling to make ends meet, according to Unison survey.

27 Oct 2016
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Autism therapy trial that helped parents communicate with their children reports ‘encouraging’ results.

26 Oct 2016
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Bullied
Four out five healthcare professionals have been subjected to bullying, new research reveals.
26 Oct 2016
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Pauline_Watts
Leading nurse Pauline Watts had a date with royalty today when she collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace
25 Oct 2016
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1%
A pay rise of 1% promised to nurses in Northern Ireland seven months ago will finally appear in their November wage packets
25 Oct 2016
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Severe mental illness

Report says life expectancy for these patients is the same as that of the general population in the 1950s, and they are more likely to experience&n

25 Oct 2016
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Domestic abuse

Nurses are three times more likely than the average person to have experienced domestic abuse.

25 Oct 2016

The government must recognise the critical importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses, according to the body that represents the UK’s university faculties for nursing.

24 Oct 2016
Nurses are being urged to help join in the fight against so-called ‘modern slavery’, in an awareness raising campaign by the NHS
24 Oct 2016

Vital funding to improve mental health care in England is not reaching front-line services, according to King’s Fund analysis.

21 Oct 2016

The RCN’s labour market review has highlighted a crisis in the UK’s nursing supply including an ageing workforce and concerns over the inflow of European nurses 

21 Oct 2016

Security staff at a major London hospital trust are being given body cameras after attacks on nurses and other frontline workers rose by almost one third in the past year. 

20 Oct 2016

A study has shown that nurses can better cope with rude remarks from colleagues if they believe in their own ability to cope with difficult relationships

19 Oct 2016

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