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Jeremy Hunt
But RCN says 'more hard cash' needed to make plans reality
31 Jul 2017
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Doctors have warned that plans for 'brutal' NHS cuts are shrouded in secrecy and will cause uproar once revealed.

28 Jul 2017
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Altnagelvin Hospital

Approximately 25 beds closed to admissions at Altnagelvin Area Hospital to ensure patient safety.

28 Jul 2017
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England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan for practice nursing. 

28 Jul 2017
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pay

The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government continues its refusal to scrap the pay cap, the college’s gener

28 Jul 2017
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Nurse protests in Gateshead
40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign
27 Jul 2017
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Weight loss nurse

Staff volunteers at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have signed up to the Slimpod system to help them lose weight. 

27 Jul 2017
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Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients should stop treatment when they feel better, according to an art

27 Jul 2017
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Atorvastatin

More than two million people with kidney disease should be offered statins to help combat their risk of heart attacks and stroke, the National Institute for

27 Jul 2017
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Call from RCN on national day of campaigning
27 Jul 2017
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Dr David Healy

Mental health charity Mind fears BBC documentary about antidepressants and homicidal behaviour could cause unnecessary worry.

26 Jul 2017
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Nurses are training firefighters across Bradford and Airedale to identify people over 65 at risk of falling. 

26 Jul 2017

Whole regions of England were left without any specialist CAMHS beds on three occasions last year, according to Education Policy Institute report.

26 Jul 2017

Historic financial penalties owed by care homes who have underpaid their staff for overnight sleep-in shifts are to be waived, the government has announced.

26 Jul 2017

Nurses and other NHS staff in Scotland are facing increasing workload pressures due to a government failure to plan its workforce, according to a new report.

25 Jul 2017
Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions
25 Jul 2017
Staff accommodation block to be built at a hospital in Lincolnshire
25 Jul 2017

New guidance has been launched to help health visitors support children and families to cope with a traumatic event.

25 Jul 2017

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