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Hospital safe staffing: no ‘one size fits all’, says regulator
NHS Improvement guidelines urges trusts to take on feedback from children, young people and...
27 Jun 2018
Gosport scandal: Dr Jane Barton claims she was ‘doing her best’ for patients
Report finds hundreds of people's lives were shortened by administration of opioids
27 Jun 2018
How Good is the NHS? report reveals mixed picture in performance quality
According to new UK analysis by four leading think tanks, the NHS has 'markedly fewer'...
26 Jun 2018
EU nurses must have right to stay if there is no Brexit deal, RCN says
EU nurses’ right to stay in the UK must be guaranteed even if there is no Brexit deal, the...
26 Jun 2018
NHS pay in Scotland: 'the biggest rise in a decade'...
Nurses on AfC offered 9% pay increase – with reform of terms and conditions
25 Jun 2018
‘Blame culture must change to learning culture’ to prevent repeat of Gosport scandal
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt says it is too hard for staff to raise concerns
22 Jun 2018
Gosport evidence: ‘It appeared to me euthanasia was practised by the nursing staff’
Auxiliary at Gosport War Memorial Hospital told police about events on the 'dead loss ward'
22 Jun 2018
Gosport scandal: ‘my mum had to leave her job after speaking up about opioids’
Sylvia Giffin was among the Gosport War Memorial Hospital nurses who tried to act on concerns
22 Jun 2018
Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded
Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...
20 Jun 2018
Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use
Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...
20 Jun 2018
FtP is about patient safety, not private behaviour, RCN tells regulator
Some outcomes suggest ‘moral policing’, with nurses being held to a different standard,...
19 Jun 2018
Government's NHS funding boost is 'no long-term solution' without social...
RCN and social care leaders call for extra investment to shore up home care services
18 Jun 2018
Confed 18 looks to the future of the NHS workforce
Confed 18 fringe imagines working life in the NHS in 2026
15 Jun 2018
NHS Windrush 70 Awards winners represent the ‘best of the NHS’
‘We treasure you as much as the NHS itself’, PM Theresa May tells Windrush Awards winners
14 Jun 2018
Immigration rules to be eased so NHS can recruit more skilled staff
Thousands more nurses and doctors to be recruited from abroad
14 Jun 2018
Classify healthcare as a safety-critical industry, says RCN
‘Patient safety investigations should look at pressures on staff before blaming individuals’
14 Jun 2018
NMC to update reflective practice guidance in wake of Bawa-Garba ruling
Healthcare regulators need to review their advice about reflection, Williams report states
12 Jun 2018
Nurses take lead against bullying and harassment in NHS
Nurses are taking the lead in identifying bullying and harassment in the NHS
12 Jun 2018