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Nurses from Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity helped decorate a Christmas tree to celebrate the Duchess of Cornwall becoming its royal patron.

15 Dec 2017
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Pressing ahead with clinics' closures before launch of online service to part-replace them is putting public's health at risk, says RCN.

13 Dec 2017
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NHS England Workforce Race Equality Standard report shows continuous but slow progress in employing black and minority ethnic nurses at senior levels.

13 Dec 2017
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Freezing winter weather poses a lethal risk for people who live alone, says England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings, who is encouraging people

13 Dec 2017
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Nurses have revealed fears over the safety of patients with dementia who will be unnecessarily spending Christmas on a ward.

13 Dec 2017
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Trauma team with patient

Short film offers insight into working at Royal London Hospital – Europe's biggest trauma centre.

12 Dec 2017
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Emotional support

Survey found staff turned to colleagues rather than seek professional help.

12 Dec 2017
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Practice nurse eating disorder

Report on death of Averil Hart ‘should be a wake-up call to health leaders’ to make urgent improvements to adult eating disorder services

12 Dec 2017
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Kate Garraway and Dorcas Gwata
The TV star and ambassador for the RCNi Nurse Awards is shining a light on nursing
12 Dec 2017
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Some 'walked for hours' in freezing temperatures to get to patients
11 Dec 2017
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The risk of heart attack and stroke rises immediately after a cold snap, and the number of people admitted to accident and emergency departments is likely to

11 Dec 2017

A severe shortage of specialist staff means people with cancer are facing delays in receiving a diagnosis and accessing treatment, MPs warn.

08 Dec 2017

Nurse training places in Wales will rise by almost 10% next year as part of a £107 million investment in education and training, adding 161 places across all four fields of nursing

08 Dec 2017

NHS Professionals head of workforce insight Maria Trewern to take over RCN council chair in January – with the aim to speak out and ‘prioritise safe staffing’ – and Richard Jones elected vice-chair

08 Dec 2017

The RCN is calling for a long-term plan to address the strain on health services in what is expected to be one of the worst winters for years

08 Dec 2017
Government also wants 'improvements to productivity'
07 Dec 2017

More people with anxiety and depression are gaining access to NHS talking therapies in England, official data show

07 Dec 2017

Patients are to receive more support from volunteers in NHS hospitals in England, with a new organisation pledging to double their number over the next four years

07 Dec 2017

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