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Suicide rates fall in England and Wales, but rise in Scotland
Suicide figures have fallen over the last year, but more than 5,600 people still lost their...
12 Sep 2017
Nurse retires after nearly 40 years at Northampton hospital
Leading nurse and midwife Valerie McGurk, a 2002 Nurse Awards commendee, will fundraise for...
12 Sep 2017
Improving mental health nursing gaps will be ‘challenging’
Reducing the 7,600 nursing and midwifery vacancies across England’s mental health services...
12 Sep 2017
Access to consultant psychiatrists varies hugely across the UK
People with mental health problems are subject to huge variation across the UK in access to...
12 Sep 2017
NHS criticised for use of ‘20th century’ pagers
More than one in 10 of the world's pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates.
12 Sep 2017
Scrap the cap: nurse pay set for another Parliament vote
The 1% pay cap is set to be lifted for police and prison officers, prompting speculation...
12 Sep 2017
Fears over increase in shortage of nurses following Brexit vote
Britain's shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends...
12 Sep 2017
Single people cope less well with bowel cancer
Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer,...
12 Sep 2017
Children with asthma benefit from living near parks, nurse-led research finds
City-dwelling children with serious asthma may have fewer symptoms if they live close to...
08 Sep 2017
Exclusive: 'Wasteful, outdated and unfair beliefs' hold BME nurses back, says...
Just 2% of nurses at the top of the NHS in England self-identify as BME
08 Sep 2017
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07 Sep 2017
Government drops plans to sell off NHS staffing agency
Plans to sell off a major NHS staffing agency have been abandoned by the government.
07 Sep 2017
RCN updates school nurse toolkit
A revised toolkit for school nurses has been published by the RCN.
07 Sep 2017
Calls for protection of the nurse title
Unregistered support staff working under specialist nurse job titles, study reveals
07 Sep 2017
Patients with cancer face inadequate care due to NHS pressures, Macmillan survey shows
A Macmillan and nfpSynergy survey showed that 52% of nurses and GPs have concerns about...
07 Sep 2017
Girls in Scotland to get free sanitary products to tackle 'period poverty' ...
Schoolgirls in Scotland will have access to free sanitary products in a bid to tackle '...
06 Sep 2017
More perinatal mental health training urged for midwives and health visitors
Survey shows 72% of midwives and health visitors believe training about pre and postnatal...
06 Sep 2017