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Pay deal: what nurses say
Mixed reaction to three-year pay offer of 6.5%
22 Mar 2018
Petra Kendall-Raynor
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Royal attendance at nursing students' graduation ceremony
Nursing and midwifery students have been sharing their career aspirations with the Duchess of Cornwall
22 Mar 2018
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Bank nurses feel ‘cheated’ after missing out on holiday pay
London-based nurses say their right to statutory holiday pay was not made clear by NHS Professionals, and now it’s too late to claim
06 Mar 2018
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Mental health rehab needs to be closer to home – CQC
Residential mental health rehabilitation is too far from family support for most patients, inspectors say
05 Mar 2018
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'PJ paralysis' campaign goes nationwide
Drive to improve hospital discharge rates launched
05 Mar 2018
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Learning, memory problems seen in adolescents with OCD
Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder have learning and memory problems that could affect their self-esteem, researchers say
05 Mar 2018
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NICE issue guidelines on suicide prevention in community settings
Guidelines for suicide prevention have been set out in an attempt to reduce the number of people taking their lives in public spaces and prisons
02 Mar 2018
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British Social Attitudes survey: Satisfaction with GP services drops to all-time low
Dissatisfaction with the NHS increases to its highest level since 2007 according to annual study
28 Feb 2018
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Some gluten-free foods of lower nutritional value
People on a strict gluten-free diet, such as those with coeliac disease, may be consuming manufactured foods of lower nutritional quality as well as being more expensive, researchers say
16 Feb 2018
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Nurses at greater breast cancer risk than other night shift workers
Nurses have the highest risk of developing breast cancer as well as gastrointestinal and lung cancer among night shift workers, researchers say
15 Feb 2018
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Analysis reveals 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation
There were over 5,000 newly reported cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in England in the year to last March, according to an analysis of NHS Digital figures by the National FGM Centre
12 Feb 2018
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'Even better care' to come as first phase of a neonatal unit build is completed
The first phase of a new £18 million neonatal unit in Wales has been completed.
12 Feb 2018
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BRCA mutation does not lessen breast cancer survival rate
Young women diagnosed with breast cancer and who carry an inherited BRCA gene mutation have the same chance of survival after treatment as women without the mutation, researchers say
12 Feb 2018
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Clinicians baffling patients with common medical words
Patients find it hard to understand commonly used medical terms, and clinicians need to modify their language in consultations, researchers say
09 Feb 2018
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Data sharing 'discouraging asylum seekers from receiving healthcare' warn experts
Nurses and doctors have warned that asylum seeker and refugee fears about NHS data sharing might be stopping them receiving essential healthcare
06 Feb 2018
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Adults born prematurely liable to more psychiatric problems
Adults born very prematurely experience higher rates of psychiatric symptoms than those who are born at full term, say researchers who call for early preventive interventions targeting such individuals
05 Feb 2018
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Apply now for the Mary Seacole awards to improve health of people from black and minority ethnic communities
The awards support ‘outstanding work to improve leadership skills and health outcomes’
02 Feb 2018
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Charities call for halt of postcode lottery in children’s end of life care
A coalition of charities wants the government to develop a national palliative care strategy for children and young people, and their families.
26 Jan 2018