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Attrition_rates

The government wants drop-out rates halved by next year.

10 Nov 2016
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Gordon Lees and Cecelia Anim
RCN lays crosses at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
10 Nov 2016
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Ruth May

A senior nurse is spearheading plans to drastically reduce the number of life-threatening bloodstream infections in the NHS.

08 Nov 2016
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Winter campaign video
Nurses, pharmacists and GPs are fronting a campaign to help people to keep well this winter and away from overstretched emergency departments.
07 Nov 2016
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tax refund
Nurses who took part in the Widening Access Training (WAT) scheme could be eligible for a sizeable tax rebate
04 Nov 2016
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Ben Poku
Army nurse Ben Poku is featuring in a Royal British Legion campaign for this year’s poppy appeal
04 Nov 2016
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A&E trolley in corridor

Emergency nursing is in the grip of an unprecedented exodus of staff, a leading nurse said as a major new report warned of another tough winter ahead.

03 Nov 2016
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extreme medicine
Nurses and clinicians who care for people in extreme or hostile environments, as well as disaster zones, are among an eclectic range of speakers at an international conference this
01 Nov 2016
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The NMC building
The number of nurses and midwives being referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council has risen for the third year running, according to the regulator’s annual review.
01 Nov 2016
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Drugs trolley

Staff in new role will also carry out invasive procedures, government documents suggest.

01 Nov 2016
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hub team

More than 1,000 older patients diverted from emergency care in the past year, thanks to a nurse-led service.

31 Oct 2016
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Andy Dennis & Tracey Hill

The two nurses completed a gruelling 4,000-mile cycle ride across the US.

27 Oct 2016

Hard-pressed health service staff are struggling to make ends meet, according to Unison survey.

27 Oct 2016
Four out five healthcare professionals have been subjected to bullying, new research reveals.
26 Oct 2016

Nurses are three times more likely than the average person to have experienced domestic abuse.

25 Oct 2016

The government must recognise the critical importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to nurses, according to the body that represents the UK’s university faculties for nursing.

24 Oct 2016
Nurses are being urged to help join in the fight against so-called ‘modern slavery’, in an awareness raising campaign by the NHS
24 Oct 2016

The RCN’s labour market review has highlighted a crisis in the UK’s nursing supply including an ageing workforce and concerns over the inflow of European nurses 

21 Oct 2016

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