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Jane Ball
'Lower staffing levels put patient lives at risk'
24 Aug 2017
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The prime minister has admitted mental health services for young people in the UK are ‘patchy’ but that plans to rectify the gaps are already underway.

23 Aug 2017
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Care concerns

Care concerns raised by prostate cancer specialist nurses are being overlooked by multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), according to a new study.

23 Aug 2017
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Fundraisers

Nurses have expressed support for fundraisers whose donations were rejected by an NHS trust because their fancy dress nurse outfits were ‘demeaning’.

23 Aug 2017
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Manchester terrorist attack

Nurses and midwives are being reminded that they should get themselves to a place of safety in the event of a terrorist attack.

23 Aug 2017
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An infection prevention nurse has turned his hand to board game design to help fellow health professionals to understand and manage clostridium difficile (C.d

23 Aug 2017
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The RCN wants nurses to share their stories on the effects of pay restraint as part of a digital day of action on 25 August

22 Aug 2017
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Pre-natal tests

A safer test for Down's syndrome, reducing the risk of miscarriage during the testing process, is to be made available in Wales.

22 Aug 2017
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Wendy Kay

The teenage Cancer Trust is launching its nursing and support service across Scotland to deliver specialist age-appropriate care to every young person with cancer, no matter whe

22 Aug 2017
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Struggling GP trainees are to be offered targeted support under proposals confirmed by Health Education England (HEE).

22 Aug 2017
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wound

A woman who creates fake wounds, scars and burns to help nursing students prepare for the real thing has been recognised as a scientist by the Association for Sim

22 Aug 2017
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cross

Councils need to ensure that older and disabled people have enough time to cross the road when using pedestrian crossings, says the National Institute for Hea

22 Aug 2017

There has been a 'worrying' increase in the reliance on emergency care for patients with dementia nearing the end of their lives, experts have warned.

22 Aug 2017

A television makeover crew has helped a nursing student look ‘more professional’ by taming his wild punk rocker image.

21 Aug 2017
Unison says nurses who commute could quit
21 Aug 2017

Charity Learning Disability England has elected a new representative body of people with learning disabilities.

21 Aug 2017

Nearly half of women diagnosed with breast cancer say they were not told how to access proper support once their treatment was over.

21 Aug 2017

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a fresh attack on Stephen Hawking for suggesting the 'direction of change in the NHS is towards a United States-style insurance system.

21 Aug 2017

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