News
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Protection ‘top priority' when fabricated child illness suspected...
School nurse conference told authorities often focus on the reasons parents fake illness in...
30 Aug 2016
New online support for nurses working with motor neurone disease
The RCN has produced a new online support for nurses working with people living with the...
26 Aug 2016
New workforce strategy for practice nurses
Work under way to meet the needs of general practice nursing
26 Aug 2016
Shift patterns are leading to burnout claims nurse
The NHS Tayside nurse said eight-hour shifts can be worked for up to 10 days in a row and...
25 Aug 2016
‘Grant EU nurses British citizenship for free’
The Institute of Public Policy Research think tank say the NHS would collapse without the...
25 Aug 2016
Warning over school nurse numbers
RCN highlights that the number of school nursing post has fallen by 13% since 2010
25 Aug 2016
Respiratory nurse Kate Barmby makes The Great British Bake Off debut tonight
Norwich nurse Kate Barmby will be making her TV debut as a contestant on hit show The Great...
24 Aug 2016
Corbyn: 'I'll keep the bursary'
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reverse the government’s decision to scrap...
24 Aug 2016
Funding to curb use of police cells as place of safety for mental health crises...
The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being used as...
24 Aug 2016
Nurses' sickness absence rates almost four times higher than doctors
New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates across...
24 Aug 2016
Archive belonging to first world war nurse sells for £11,200
The diary, photographs and medals belonging to a first world war nurse have amazed...
24 Aug 2016
Heatwave warning for South and East of England
Community nurses should be prepared to help vulnerable patients in the heatwave predicted...
24 Aug 2016
Shortage of nurses and other key workers may hinder seven-day NHS, leaked documents...
The NHS may lack enough nurses and other key staff to make a seven-day service work properly...
23 Aug 2016
Multilingual healthcare assistant turns translator at the Rio Olympics
Multilingual healthcare assistant put translation skills to the test in Rio.
23 Aug 2016
Midwife suspended for nine months over death of baby Joshua Titcombe
Midwife’s care failings before infant’s death lead to her suspension.
23 Aug 2016