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Community rapid response teams will support older people at home, says NHS
Initiative aims to prevent hospital admissions, but RCN questions nurse staffing capacity
My Daddy is a Nurse: the children’s book challenging gender stereotypes
Nursing Now campaign and chief nurse work with publisher to tackle profession’s gender divide
Post-reg education: shake-up in specialist community public health nursing standards
NMC in plan to update framework to reflect modern nursing roles
Nursing student freed on appeal after serving half her prison sentence for fraud
Thandiwe Matikiti had dishonestly secured public money to fund her degree
Coronavirus outbreak: passengers from China to UK urged to say if they feel unwell
Government directive concerns flights from city of Wuhan
New chief nurse is ‘ambassador for whole profession’
Karen Bonner to join Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Low numbers of young women attending screening linked to sharp rise in cervical cancer
Rise in cervical cancer cases down to failure to attend screening, charity believes
People with dementia face multiple emergency admissions every year
Alzheimer’s Society says annual emergency admissions rise in England cost NHS £280 million
NMC suspends nurse for failing to give CPR to care home resident
Nahid Nasiri knew a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation order was not in place
Student grants: who will and won’t get the full £8,000 for hard-to-recruit disciplines
Only some learning disability and mental health nursing students eligible for extra £3,000
Brisk breakfast: machine makes scrambled eggs for patients in 15 seconds
Trial of device at Nottingham hospital whips up a positive response
Cervical cancer could be eliminated, NHS says
Vaccinations for all children, along with upgraded screening for HPV ‘will save lives’