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Robert Francis

Health service only functions because of ‘superhuman’ efforts of staff, says Mid Staffs inquiry chair.

13 Feb 2017
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Palliative

A free online resource will help nurses and others without expertise to provide palliative and end of life care to people with a terminal illness.

13 Feb 2017
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Aggression against staff

Nursing leaders are ‘very concerned’ over what will happen to body that advises on NHS staff safety.

10 Feb 2017
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09 Feb 2017
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New data has revealed NHS England is performing at its worst ever levels against a host of targets for emergency departments, cancer care and patients waiting on trolleys.

09 Feb 2017
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Staff at a hospital admitted patients to a ‘virtual ward’ to avoid breaching the four-hour emergency department target, a whistleblower has claimed.

09 Feb 2017
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Accident and emergency patients in England have experienced the worst month of delays since the four-hour target was introduced 13 years ago, a leaked document suggest

09 Feb 2017
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Colleges in England report a rising number of students experiencing mental health issues.

07 Feb 2017
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Shona Robison

Emergency departments in Scotland experienced their busiest December for four years.

07 Feb 2017
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Sepsis team

Leicester’s Hospitals’ new sepsis team will work in emergency department and combines healthcare professionals from intensive and critical care, emergency and theatre

07 Feb 2017
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06 Feb 2017
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Charge overseas patients

NHS trusts will be legally obliged from April to check if overseas patients are eligible for free care – but unions fear it will further stretch an already bu

06 Feb 2017

Primary school children are more likely to identify a woman as a nurse and a man as a surgeon, according to new research.

02 Feb 2017
The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017

RCN Northern Ireland director Janice Smyth has said nurses are ‘under extreme stress’ in response to the latest emergency waiting time figures.

01 Feb 2017

System for recovering money from overseas patients who use the NHS is chaotic, say MPs.

01 Feb 2017

Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing Associates.

01 Feb 2017

Patients with mental health problems attending emergency departments for physical conditions rarely receive good care, a major review has found.

31 Jan 2017

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