NMC faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants
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The government is undermining ‘decades of progress’ in sexual health, the RCN has warned after new figures emerge illustrating the scale of patient demand in
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Mental health and well-being support is being offered to staff at a hospital in Somerset where a junior doctor was found dead.
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Recommendations to further develop the skills of nurses following a review of new models of care in schools have been welcomed by the RCN.
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RCN has received reports of nurses being held hostage during recent incidents
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A newly qualified children’s nurse is to join the team that saved her life when she was two and inspired her to join the profession.
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Highest number of participants signed up to clinical research studies in England last year, new figures show.
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The charity devoted to Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole has been shortlisted for a national diversity award.
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People waiting in A&E departments should be given Wi-Fi access, emergency care doctors say.
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Nurses on the Isle of Man are set to receive a 2.5% pay rise following an arbitrated agreement with unions.
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A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who voted against removing the public sector pay cap has been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after agreeing to host a Scr
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Schools should teach children about the importance of breastfeeding, according to new guidance.
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Where appropriate, patients are encouraged to sit rather than lie
A 'six in one' immunisation for babies born from today will replace the 'five in one' vaccine, adding protection against hepatitis B.
Northumbria University has been chosen to train nurses from Malta as part of a response to a national shortage in their home country.
Offering routine HIV tests to people registering with new GP surgeries in high risk areas is cost effective and could save lives, a study has shown.
The heads of the RCN and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have written to a national newspaper to complain about the negative portrayal of nurses in one of its columns.
Nurse Shirley Hannan has retired after 57 years working for the NHS.
A nurse whose daughter died after taking online diet pills containing a toxic chemical is calling for tighter controls on its supply.
