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Dene Donalds

'Mindfulness may reduce staff sickness and even the use of physical restraint'.

13 Oct 2017
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Neil Allen

The temptation to ensure people with learning disabilities make the ‘right’ decision undermines their autonomy, conference told.

13 Oct 2017
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Cavell memorial

A commemoration of the life of nursing hero Edith Cavell has taken place in London.

12 Oct 2017
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Flu virus

Nurses have received written reminders of the importance of encouraging all their patients to get a flu vaccination.

12 Oct 2017
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Local authority to look at how to stop protesters from making patients and staff feel intimidated.

12 Oct 2017
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Elsie Knocker

A new exhibition of rarely seen photographs featuring – and taken by – nurses serving on the front line of the first world war has opened.

12 Oct 2017
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Flu outbreak

Routine operations could 'cease for several months' if NHS hospitals have to deal with a major flu outbreak this winter, an expert has warned.

12 Oct 2017
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GPs in training will receive a 'golden hello' of £20,000 if they start their careers in the countryside or on the coast in a bid to boost the number of family

12 Oct 2017
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Staff figure falls for first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013. 

12 Oct 2017
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NHS pay rise

Ministers have been warned they will need to find additional funding for the NHS if staff are to receive pay rises above 1%.

11 Oct 2017
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Stop assaults

Nurses who have been assaulted while at work will lobby MPs next week to push for tougher sanctions for those who attack NHS staff.

11 Oct 2017
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Jeremy Hunt
Health secretary made the announcement to MPs
10 Oct 2017

Six ‘platforms’ trainees are expected to reach on registration include accountability, health promotion, improving care and health promotion

10 Oct 2017

The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising demand and increasing numbers of patients with preventable illnesses, health and care inspectors have said.

10 Oct 2017

Regional vacancy breakdown highlights ‘deepening postcode lottery’ of care and chronic shortage of nurses, RCN warns

09 Oct 2017

Improved training for community palliative care should be a priority, in order to make life more comfortable for the growing number of older old people, researchers have said.

09 Oct 2017

Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they explain how reductions in staffing levels are leaving them vulnerable to attacks by patients.

09 Oct 2017

Prince Harry is teaming up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to promote a new mental health strategy for armed forces personnel.

09 Oct 2017

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