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Nursing students with dependents in Scotland are to receive an uplift to their financial support packages following £3 million of extra investment.

 

25 Jan 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has set out the benefits and risks of regulating nursing associates.

20 Jan 2017
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Safe staffing

Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare assistants as 'stand-ins', an investigation suggests.

20 Jan 2017
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Shrinking pay

Trades Union Congress analysis of public sector pay restraint reveals bleak picture for nurses.

19 Jan 2017
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Some nurses working up to 12 hours without a break, food, or even a glass of water

19 Jan 2017
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NHS Pay debate
A parliamentary debate on scrapping NHS pay caps will take place at the end of this month and nurses are being urged to do all they can to encourage their MPs to attend
18 Jan 2017
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Petition tops 100k signatures after nurses lose 14% in real terms
17 Jan 2017
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Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing

Fundamental changes to the NMC’s legal framework could speed up fitness to practise cases.

12 Jan 2017
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Research projection shows shortfall of thousands of nurses in the UK.

11 Jan 2017
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Asian and black healthcare staff are significantly less likely to whistleblow than their white British colleagues, research shows.

11 Jan 2017
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A new television documentary is promising to portray the full reality of working for the of the busiest trusts in the NHS.
10 Jan 2017
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Everyone with learning disabilities should receive a review of their mental health, says the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

10 Jan 2017

Delayed discharge from mental health and learning disability trusts in England up 56% 

09 Jan 2017
Entries for the profession's most prestigious awards accepted until 13 January
09 Jan 2017

More than 80,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay cap which limits NHS staff to a rise of just 1% each year.

05 Jan 2017

Opportunity for senior professional to influence chief nursing officer’s work on race equality and inclusion in England.

 

04 Jan 2017
The number of NHS staff applying for retirement has surged by 25% over the past four years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
04 Jan 2017
  • Read our guide to a new e-learning tool which helps health professionals understand the issues around culture and health.
03 Jan 2017

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