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Patient satisfaction and nurse staffing levels

Increasing nurse numbers could boost patient satisfaction with quality of care

Winter pressures: Underfunding means staff under ‘intolerable pressure’, NHS Providers...

NHS Providers’ chief executive Chris Hopson outlines ‘fragility’ of the wider health service...

Government to blame for hospitals' situations, winter pressure poll respondents...

Almost one in ten people have been affected by severe winter pressures in the NHS, new...

Housing crisis: Public land ‘flogged off to developers’ and unaffordable for nurses...

Four out of five homes built by private developers on former NHS land will cost more than...

Hunt stays as health secretary, with added remit of social care

Jeremy Hunt now also has responsibility for social care

Flu vaccinations: should they become mandatory?

Debate on mandatory vaccinations ‘inevitable’, says NHS England medical director

Anne Milton tipped to take over as health secretary

Anne Milton, a trained nurse could be the next health minister in Theresa May's cabinet...

NHS England studies use of more drunk tanks to ease pressure on EDs

Drunk tanks could be rolled out across England to ease pressure on emergency departments and...

RCN raises workforce concerns in Northern Ireland after volunteers supported patients...

St John Ambulance volunteers were 'supporting patients, making tea and keeping them company'

Nursing Standard straw poll reveals 90% of respondents believe winter pressures are...

Nurses have demanded the prime minister and health secretary join them on the front line...

Former RCN council chair urges caution on industrial action over pay

Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told...

NHS pressures

Thousands of pre-planned operations and appointments delayed

70 years of the NHS: ‘Use the health service responsibly’ warns chief nurse

England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings calls on patients to cancel NHS appointments in good...

New Year’s honours: Nurses’ achievements recognised

Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours

Staff retention plan urges trusts to ‘think imaginatively’ about how to keep nurses

NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to...

Nurses among emergency medical team flying out to Bangladesh refugee camp

UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohingya...

Hospital income from car parking hits record £174.5 million

Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff, the RCN has warned, after...

Hospitals warned to reduce sugary drinks or face ban

Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme

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