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RCN poll reveals one in four nurses are thinking of leaving jobs due to money worries
15 Nov 2017
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Andrea Spyropoulos
Government is using the term ‘inappropriate attendances’ to mask under-funding
14 Nov 2017
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Digital technology 'a logical step' in type 2 diabetes prevention.

14 Nov 2017
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Brexit: Doctors' exodus

BMA survey of 1,720 doctors from European Economic Area countries found main reasons for considering leaving the UK included negative attitudes towards EU staff and uncerta

14 Nov 2017
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New touchscreen technology can be used to track medically fit patients who have not been discharged.

13 Nov 2017
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Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report shows sharp fall in number of nurses from the European Economic Area joining the nursing register from 1,300 individuals in July 2

13 Nov 2017
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Children’s charity WellChild says demand for access to its network of nurses helping seriously ill children has risen nearly 40% this year, and pressures on N

13 Nov 2017
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Andrea Spyropoulos

Nursing Children and Young People Conference hears about service that relieves pressure on hospital's emergency department.

10 Nov 2017
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early pregnancy care

Information will help clinical nurse specialists to support women concerned about a complication in the first trimester of pregnancy.

10 Nov 2017
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Life balance

The number of nurses and health visitors leaving trusts in England because of work-life balance issues has more than doubled in the past five years

10 Nov 2017
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RCN president Cecilia Anim placed a cross at Westminster Abbey's Field of Remembrance. 

10 Nov 2017
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The world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, says she hopes families who undergo the latest fertility treatments are not subject to the same harassment her

10 Nov 2017

Chief nursing officer for Wales Jean White, who was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, has received the award from the Queen

09 Nov 2017

Maternity units have been urged to investigate after figures revealed differences in care for mothers and babies across Britain.

09 Nov 2017

A doctor’s film about mothers whose children were born with complex special needs, highlighting the lack of specialist services when they reach adulthood, is being used to teach compassion to nursing students.

09 Nov 2017

NHS Improvement's draft resource on safe staffing in emergency care fails to recommend specific overall nurse-to-patient ratios

08 Nov 2017

Survival rates data gleaned from 2015 on patients diagnosed with cancer between 2012 and 2013.

08 Nov 2017

Three health charities are calling for a £4 billion injection of cash into the NHS in this month's Budget, saying that without it patients will wait longer for treatment, more services will be rationed and quality of care will deteriorate.

08 Nov 2017

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