NMC faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council says more than 4,000 nurses and midwives have expressed interest in joining its register following an overhau
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Regulator says nursing associates will be subject to the same processes as nurses and midwives, so proposes they pay the same £120 yearly fee to register
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UK-wide survey of 500 people reveals one in five (21%) are unable to control symptom flare ups and seek help in emergency departments two or more times in a year
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Nursing and Midwifery Council proposal could see nursing associates pay £120 a year to register – despite being on a lower pay band
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Do not be lulled into false sense of security by budget announcements, nurses warn RCN leaders.
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Executive director of nursing based in the Middle East who trained at Great Ormond Street Hospital has become its new chief nurse
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Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children against flu in time for Christmas, partly to avoid putting older relatives at risk.
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Patient experience of community mental health services has declined in key areas over the past three years, with more than a quarter of respondents in a Care
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NHS leaders and charities have expressed concerns about the lack of attention given to mental health services in last week's budget, with some asking for
Proposed changes to public sector pay would bring nurses, midwives, civil servants and manual workers under the same policy, and raise the starting salary for staff nu
Photographs show touching scenes of four young gay men in dedicated Middlesex Hospital ward in 1993 – an era of stigma and fear before antiretroviral medications were available
Nursing Standard poll shows 50% of nurses favour longer shift patterns
Children's nurses are increasing having to deal with young people who have self harmed and need to develop more skills in dealing with such patients, the Nursing Children and Young People journal conference was told.
NHS England says it needs to discuss ‘what it is possible to deliver for patients with the money available’ after failing to get as much as it requested in the budget
Chancellor Philip Hammond committed £2.8 billion resource funding for the NHS in England
A Romanian nurse whose English language skills meant she was unable to communicate effectively in an emergency has had restrictions placed on her practice.
