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An ambulance with lights flashing on a busy road

Nurses could be asked to talk to patients who make emergency calls to c

16 Feb 2023
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Rossendale Nursing Home in Lancashire, where two residents died and the nursing home manager pleaded guilty to causing avoidable harm

Caroline Taylforth, who manages Rossendale Nursing Home, had been charged with two counts

16 Feb 2023
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A group of nurses holding a discussion

Regulator to find alternative ways to confirm skills of nurses who have

15 Feb 2023
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Raigmore Hospital with signboard in front of building

Lack of nurses meant vulnerable patient did not receive the care he nee

15 Feb 2023
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Artist’s sketch of Lucy Letby in the dock at Manchester Crown Court

Baby with unexplained seizures is one of ten the nurse is accused of at

14 Feb 2023
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Rachel Hext, a nurse diagnosed with long-COVID, featured in a BBC Panorama programme on COVID payments being cut

Parliamentary group says failure to offer nurses support and compensation, and provide fun

14 Feb 2023
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Many nurses are leaving the profession years before retirement age

RCN report shows profession is ‘losing individuals at relatively early stages in their car

14 Feb 2023
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Tatiana Brandão (left) and Raquel Moreira died in a traffic accident near the Grand Canyon in Arizona on 3 February

Nurses from University Hospital Southampton known for their ‘kindness,

13 Feb 2023
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Strikers at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield on 15 December 

With health secretary refusing to budge on pay for this year, RCN prepa

13 Feb 2023
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Community nursing: new education standards

Consultation looks at specific standards for different fields of practice, which aim to pr

13 Feb 2023
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A nurse and nursing student on clinical placement talk at ward computer as nurses debate idea of reducing practice hours

Nurses and students debate whether replacing practice hours threshold with competency syst

10 Feb 2023
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The special edition of the long-running show looks at early uniforms, medical equipment an

10 Feb 2023

Neonatal nurse had already tried to kill the infant three times before fatally injecting ai

09 Feb 2023

Outspoken MP Lee Anderson, new deputy chair of the Conservative Party, s

09 Feb 2023

Applications for undergraduate courses have fallen for a second consecutive year as ministe

09 Feb 2023

A report by the University Alliance suggests that nursing students should be allowed to qua

08 Feb 2023

Regulator’s Fitness to Practise panel finds numerous lapses includi

07 Feb 2023

Keep pace with today’s events as nurses stage latest protest in their bid to ramp up pressu

07 Feb 2023

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