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A hospital is being ordered to improve after an inspection found problems with cleanliness and failings in outpatient and maternity care, including death or h

09 Jan 2018
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Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt now also has responsibility for social care
08 Jan 2018
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Debate on mandatory vaccinations ‘inevitable’, says NHS England medical director
08 Jan 2018
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Anne Milton, a trained nurse could be the next health minister in Theresa May's cabinet reshuffle 

08 Jan 2018
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Nurses have demanded the prime minister and health secretary join them on the front line during what many are calling the ‘worst winter crisis’ in NHS history

04 Jan 2018
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Michael Brown

Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told frustrated members.

04 Jan 2018
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Obesity campaign

Public Health England is encouraging parents to offer children healthier, 100 calorie snacks as alternative to tackle the obesity epidemic.

02 Jan 2018
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Hilary Chapman and Jackie Daniel
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
29 Dec 2017
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about persuading nurses to stay with them, helped by a staff retention resource from NHS Impro

29 Dec 2017
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Becky Platt

UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohingya people.

28 Dec 2017
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Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff, the RCN has warned, after figures showing hospitals in England made a record £174.5 mi

28 Dec 2017
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Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme
28 Dec 2017

Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates through application and interview process to boost diversity 

27 Dec 2017

A nurse caring for sick children at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital described the moment they woke up to presents on Christmas Day as ‘the best feeling in the world’

27 Dec 2017

The coming year will be an opportunity to drive better continuity of care for mothers-to-be, England’s most senior midwife says after new guidance was issued to ensure more consistent care and support for pregnant women

27 Dec 2017

Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders

21 Dec 2017

Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to apply for help from Lamplight Support Service.

21 Dec 2017

UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.

20 Dec 2017

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