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Japanese fungus in UK hospitals

More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of...

Clinical nurse specialists hailed for role in providing palliative care training

Senior nurses have praised the role of specialist palliative care (SPC) teams in providing...

HCA fined for accessing medical records on family and colleagues

NHS staff are being reminded about the potentially serious consequences of prying into...

Children with type 2 diabetes top 600, prompting 'time bomb' obesity fears...

More than 600 children and young people have been treated for type 2 diabetes, prompting...

Grenfell Tower Trauma Service seeking nurses to support fire-hit community

Nurses with backgrounds in mental health services or experience of providing psychological...

House of Common festival offering free tickets to London nurses

Nurses living in London are being offered free tickets to the House of Common music festival...

UK's first Macmillan bereavement nurse starts work...

A hospital in Essex has appointed the UK’s first dedicated Macmillan bereavement nurse.

Fresh warning over nurse shortages

RCN says trusts over-reliant on unregistered staff

Think Drink hydration campaign helping patients recover faster from surgery side effects

A hospital's award-winning scheme – which helps patients recover faster from surgery side...

London bus crash nurse tells how she ran to help passengers

A Pulse agency nurse has described the moment she ran to help fellow passengers on a double-...

NMC urges nurses to have their say on education overhaul

Practising nurses are being urged to use their experience to help shape the future of...

Emergency department waiting times target missed every month for last two years

The NHS in England last met its target for emergency department (ED) waiting times two years...

Global campaign to boost profile of nursing

Nurses are too often ‘invisible and taken for granted' says Lord Crisp

Nursing You resource created to help overweight and obese nurses tackle weight issues

A new app has launched with the aim of helping nurses to maintain the same healthy lifestyle...

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...

Cavell Nurses' Trust aims to raise £10,000 in one month for nurses in need...

The charity supports nurses experiencing hardship.

Financial hardship is most likely to make carers lonely

Carers in the most financial need experience the worst social isolation according to the...

UK supply of hepatitis B vaccine ‘severely affected’ by global shortages

Global shortages of the hepatitis B vaccine have ‘severely impacted UK supply’, health...

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