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At the RCN annual congress, general secretary Nicola Ranger called on ministers to

RCN pushes for swift pay rise and warns government over consequences of delays

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Extra patient deaths: an EU nurse leaving the UK

Study suggests when EU nurses left UK, it affected nursing skill mix as well as outcomes

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Nurse suspended from NMC register for misconduct: NMC headquarters brass plaque

Practice nurse lacked insight into her actions, despite years of delivering good care

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Ivy Dixon died from a cardiac arrest when she choked on her food at Acorn Lodge Care Home in London

Prevention of future deaths report finds staff may have lacked clinical skills to save her

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An employment tribunal found Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust failed to make reasonable adjustments at work following senior nurse’s brain haemorrhage

Support from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust delayed or denied on return post-haemorrhage

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Holiday pay cuts and parking hikes: nurse paying for parking at meter

Unions criticise ‘double blow’ of proposed pay reduction and 8.5% parking fee increase

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Analysis

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Bank nursing shift: a bank nurse in scrubs stands alongside a patient who is sitting in a wheelchair

The savings trusts make with cut-price bank rates, and what you lose out on as a result

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Nursing’s new generation – clockwise from top left: Ashleigh Robinson, Antoinette Lagrata, Lincoln Gombedza, Soraya Manoucheri, Jordan Spires and Amber Fletcher

Six nurses, all under 35, describe how they are shaping the profession and improving care<

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Nurse career breaks: nurse stretches out her arms in happy relief, she is outdoors near trees

Taking a period away from work may help with burnout, but it needs careful planning

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he NHS Pay Review Body is supposed to offer independent advice to the government, but is seen by many as outdated, inefficient and bureaucratic: nursing staff on the picket line with one nurse holding a sign and placard with fair pay for nursing and safer

Many now regard the independent review body as outdated, bureaucratic and inefficient

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Peripheral cannula

Expert nurses explain the risks, and share venepuncture best practice advice

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A despairing looking nurse leans against a hospital corridor window: never events, safety critical incidents, can cause serious patient harm or death

While many are surgical errors, some nursing tasks have potential for serious consequences

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Clinical update

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Updated NICE guidance focuses on diagnosis, red flag symptoms and when to seek emergency c

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Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical woun

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Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning

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Picture shows a woman comforting a young girl while a nurse holds her arm

New guidelines focus on physical, psychological and pharmacological interventions

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Revised guidance details roles and competencies required of healthcare staff

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Updated guidance covers children with a tracheostomy or respiratory difficulties

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Policy briefing

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Boy texting

Advice on how school nursing services in England can operate during imposed restrictions

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Picture shows two medics in discussion. Lack of personal protective equipment allows nurses to take a decision to protect themselves, RCN guidance says.

The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inade

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Picture of a newborn receiving ventilation

Concerns about standards of care with long-term ventilation reviewed by NCEPOD

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Image shows school teacher interacting with young people in a classroom lesson

Public Health England focuses on promoting critical importance of mental health

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Picture of a child alone on a park bench

How will the new safeguarding partners differ from local safeguarding children’s boar

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Child at top of stairs may fall

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents calls for preventive action across

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Measles

Childhood measles can affect post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction in later life

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Woman with a small child looking at a smartphone

Study shows that children respond to videos on smartphone screens but do not benefit educa

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A woman sitting with a child on her knee

Study finds women parenting children with cancer have lower incomes than those with childr

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parasitic worms

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh who tested the Heligmosomoid

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Cannabis

Findings follows 36 studies of randomised and non-randomised

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