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Jane Cummings

England's CNO says nurses and midwives need to take the lead in shaping the NHS

08 Sep 2016
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Emergency department
Relentless demand for services is driving up waiting times and exacerbating financial pressures in the NHS according to the latest monitoring report from The King's Fund.
08 Sep 2016
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Monica Bulman
One of the UK's oldest nurses has celebrated her 83rd birthday – and vowed to carry on working.
08 Sep 2016
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NHS 111 online triage

Health secretary announces new online services and apps that will be available to patients from the end of next year

07 Sep 2016
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Job vacancy
The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in three months, new data suggests.
06 Sep 2016
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Nurses preventing suicide
Nurses are best placed to develop a rapport and communicate with patients at risk of suicide, a leading mental health nurse said.
02 Sep 2016
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Dabate on future of nurse education
A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new standards of pre-registration nursing education should look like.
01 Sep 2016
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Junior doctors strike
Fears over patient safety have been raised after junior doctors in England escalate dispute over new contract.
01 Sep 2016
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Breaking point

Overstretched district nursing services are functioning on nurses’ goodwill, says new report.

01 Sep 2016
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Closed ward
A&E and hospital closure proposals revealed
26 Aug 2016
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County Hospital
Trust suspends A&E services for young people
25 Aug 2016
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Police cells
The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being used as a place of safety for people with mental health issues has been announced.
24 Aug 2016
Community nurses should be prepared to help vulnerable patients in the heatwave predicted for the South and East of England
24 Aug 2016

The RCN has warned A&Es departments in England are ‘buckling’ under the pressure of rising demand and chronic shortage of nurses.

22 Aug 2016

Nurse practitioners promote new uniforms by posing for Trainspotting homage.

19 Aug 2016
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while volunteering in west Africa, is under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over her screening on returning to the UK.
18 Aug 2016
£300k plan to curb staff shortages
17 Aug 2016

A&E patients could be treated by specially-trained nurses as part of measures to tackle the ‘crisis’ in emergency care.

17 Aug 2016

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