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Bursary or Bust demonstration

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

20 Dec 2016
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The NHS in England is ‘buckling’, a think tank has warned, with levels of funding failing to meet soaring demand. 

20 Dec 2016
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A nurses' choir were in for a surprise when they landed a starring role in a festive TV special due to be broadcast to millions on Christmas Eve.
19 Dec 2016
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Nature workshops

NHS staff are being offered the chance to relax in woodland as part of workshops to ease work pressures.

16 Dec 2016
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Bed trolley in corridor

Pressures on hospital beds is so severe that the equivalent of seven extra hospitals had to be opened on the busiest day last winter, according to a new analy

16 Dec 2016
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A new tool has been developed to help nurses on emergency wards identify quicker the signs of acute limb compartment syndrome (ALCS).
14 Dec 2016
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essay buying
Patient safety could be at risk if nursing students cheat by passing off as their own work essays bought online, a higher education watchdog has warned.
14 Dec 2016
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IV therapy
Updated guidance on infusion therapy has been published by the RCN.
12 Dec 2016
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Student placement

The RCN says existing registered nurses will face increased pressure due to the volume of placements needed for new training programmes.

12 Dec 2016
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Bursary to stay in Wales

Bursaries will continue to be available to new nursing students in Wales next year — but they will have to commit to spending the first two yea

09 Dec 2016
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Canterbury Christ Church University has set up its own grant to help students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when the NHS-provided bursary is scrapped next year.
08 Dec 2016
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bed waiting times increased
There has been a sharp rise in the length of time people wait for a hospital bed after being admitted in an emergency, figures show.
07 Dec 2016
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016

Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last year were over the age of 40.

02 Dec 2016
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the nursing workforce shortage, said nursing academics.
01 Dec 2016

Some trainee doctors are working beyond their competence due to huge workloads, with many worried about patient safety, a new poll shows.

01 Dec 2016

The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been announced after employers showed ‘real appetite’ for the role.

30 Nov 2016

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