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Charity leads change for children’s palliative care

The charity Together for Short Lives has published its strategy for 2015-2018 to ensure children are given the best care at the end of their lives

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Daily digest May 6 2015

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Labour most trusted on health by health staff

A Dods Research poll of more than 2,000 health workers in the UK reveals that staff most trust Labour when it comes to health policies

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Daily digest May 1 2015

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Organ donor baby has 'increased my faith in my job' says specialist nurse

NHS Blood and Transplant specialist nurse in organ donation Angharad Griffiths recalls the heart-warming day she spent with the family of Teddy Houlston, Britain's youngest organ donor

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Daily digest April 24 2015

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Daily digest April 21 2015

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Mindfulness as good as antidepressants, says university study

A study, published in the Lancet, has found that mindfulness sessions are just as effective as long-term antidepressants for reducing the risk of relapse in depression

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Nurses join rally against controversial EU-US trade deal

April 18 demonstration in London calls for NHS to be exempt from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement

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Doctors call for action on reducing sepsis deaths

A paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases today warns that clinicians and the public need greater awareness of sepsis to reduce the number of deaths from the condition

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Health colleagues mourn death of nurse Karen Buckley

Nursing colleagues and fellow occupational therapy students pay tribute to the Glasgow-based nurse who was found dead this week

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Unison health conference

Read all our coverage of Unison's annual health conference in Liverpool

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Labour promises more nurse recruitment from September 2015

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham told health workers at Unison's annual health conference about his five-point plan for rebuilding the NHS

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Health workers will fight plans to remove unsocial hours pay

Unison members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of two motions defending unsocial hours payments

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Pay all staff an extra £1 an hour, say Unison members

Members of Unison vote to push for a £1 an hour pay rise for all staff at the union's annual conference in Liverpool

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Inadequate nurse staffing continues to threaten patient care

The fourth year of Unison's survey of nurses to 'spot test' staffing levels on a single day shows no improvements despite huge recruitment drives across the UK

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Parents in Australia face losing childcare payments if they object to inoculations

The Australian government is to cut child support funding to parents who refuse vaccination for their infants

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Unison leader warns of five years of ‘broken promises’ on the NHS

Unison general secretary Dave Prentis gives speech to members on what he believes another Tory-led government would mean for NHS services

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