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Healthwatch England: too few care homes getting the basics right
Too many care homes are under so much pressure that they are not 'getting the basics right...
10 Aug 2017
Cavell Nurses' Trust aims to raise £10,000 in one month for nurses in need...
The charity supports nurses experiencing hardship.
09 Aug 2017
Financial hardship is most likely to make carers lonely
Carers in the most financial need experience the worst social isolation according to the...
09 Aug 2017
Plans for more nurse training places
10,000 additional training places for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
09 Aug 2017
Coventry University offers bursaries to encourage more men into nursing
Bursary aims to address gender imbalance on courses.
04 Aug 2017
Art workshops for dementia patients guide released
Artists who work with people with dementia can access a handy guide to the condition, thanks...
04 Aug 2017
EU campaign nurses to meet NMC on language tests
A campaigning group of European nurses are set to meet with the Nursing and Midwifery...
04 Aug 2017
Nurses need more understanding of domestic abuse, says RCN
RCN says nurses and midwives can help make a difference to those at risk from domestic abuse.
04 Aug 2017
NHS ‘doesn’t deserve more money as it wastes cash on poor care’
The NHS needs to put its house in order and improve standards before it can justify asking...
04 Aug 2017
Isle of Man nurses to get 2.5% pay rise
Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated...
01 Aug 2017
Nurse MPs clash over pay cap campaign
A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has...
01 Aug 2017
#EDFit2Sit drive helps ED patients stay active
Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
01 Aug 2017
RCN and NMC hit back at ‘misguided and disrespectful’ newspaper column
The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national...
31 Jul 2017
Action plan launched for general practice nursing
England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan...
28 Jul 2017
Industrial action threat over pay ‘very much alive’, RCN warns
The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government...
28 Jul 2017
Nurses across the UK campaign for fairer pay
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017
No need to complete antibiotics course, study says
Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients...
27 Jul 2017