Stephanie Jones-Berry

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Nursing Standard

NICE recommends annual mental health checks for people with learning disabilities

Everyone with learning disabilities should receive a review of their mental health, says the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

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Police investigation at Cumberland Infirmary after tampering fears

A police investigation is under way at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust after staff noticed a small number of saline bags appeared to have been tampered with in the Cumberland Infirmary.

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Overhaul of mental health care promised by PM Theresa May

A package of reforms to tackle 'hidden injustice’ and stigma of mental illness has been unveiled by PM Theresa May.

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Fast-track nursing degree programme open to applicants

Fast-track nursing degree course in north east England will take on new students in March.

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Trust offering up to £5k relocation package to tempt nurses away from London

Relocation packages worth up to £5,000 are being offered to nurses in London, in an effort to tempt them away from the capital and into Dorset.

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Learning Disability Practice

Customised IT makes truly person-centred service

How one company’s innovative computer technology is providing highly individualised bespoke supported living care packages for people with learning disabilities in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Specialist nurse-led cancer helpline gets accreditation

A charity pancreatic cancer telephone support line run by specialist nurses has received national accreditation.

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Nurses making Christmas Day special for patients across the UK

Almost 90,000 nurses will be on Christmas Day duty this year, according to health union estimates.

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‘Drastic’ fall in nursing degree applications since bursary cut

Nursing leaders voice concern about reduction since the government withdrew funding for student bursaries.

Cannabis smoking linked to Schizophrenia
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Those at risk of developing schizophrenia more likely to try cannabis, new research reveals

People who have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia are more likely to try cannabis,...

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University of Gloucestershire gets green light to offer nursing degrees in 2017

The University of Gloucestershire has been given the green light to offer a new nursing degree from September 2017, after the course was approved, subject to conditions, by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

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Nurse convicted of unlawful killing after giving patient wrong blood type

A nurse who gave a patient who later died the wrong type of blood has been convicted of unlawful killing by gross negligence.

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Using online essays to cheat ‘may put patients at risk'

Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work...

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Proposed shift changes risk patient safety, warn nurses at Scottish health board

‘Exhausted’ nurses at a Scottish health board are putting patient safety at risk, says a campaign group.

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What will 2017 hold for the nursing profession?

We look at the key issues facing the nursing profession in 2017.

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Nurses in Yorkshire offered stark choice over their NHS pension

South Yorkshire community nurses forced to accept inferior terms and conditions to protect their pension, unions claim.

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Call the Midwife on a mission for Christmas special

Nonnatus House nurses swap east London for South Africa

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Review of 2016: A year of challenges and triumphs for nurses

Stephanie Jones-Berry looks back on a year of challenges and triumphs for nurses.

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