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Nurse helps create innovative assessment unit
Service is helping to reduce emergency department admissions.
13 Apr 2017
‘Understanding financial cost is part of helping patients with dementia’
As bank HSBC launches finance guide for patients and their families, dementia expert June...
13 Apr 2017
Citizens Advice launches service at hospital
Patients can combine a trip to hospital in Wales with gaining access to financial help and...
13 Apr 2017
New fund aims to help nurses improve health of homeless people
Nurses planning projects to improve the health of homeless people will be able to apply for...
13 Apr 2017
RCN poll asks whether members want to strike over pay
RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.
13 Apr 2017
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have not written a will, survey shows
The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less...
12 Apr 2017
Scotland moves towards safe nurse staffing legislation by launching consultation
The Scottish government has announced it will consult on enshrining in law the use of...
12 Apr 2017
Nurse Duffy to take centre stage for special episode of hit show Casualty
BBC One drama Casualty will mark the end of its 30th anniversary series with a unique one-...
12 Apr 2017
Leading nurses speak at student conference
Leading nurses offered advice and expertise to students during a conference at the RCN’s...
12 Apr 2017
Pauline Cafferkey to return to Sierra Leone to seek ‘closure’
Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she...
12 Apr 2017
Remote Scottish island seeks new nurse
Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become...
11 Apr 2017
Patients and nurses join forces on app-review website
Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review...
11 Apr 2017
PrEP HIV prevention drug is backed for use in Scotland
Scotland is the first part of the UK where PrEP HIV drug will be availabe on the NHS.
11 Apr 2017
Job applications soar at hospital trust after TV documentary series
A major London hospital trust which was the subject of a hit TV documentary series has seen...
11 Apr 2017
Nurse at the heart of response to Sweden truck attack
A nurse was one of the first people on the scene of the truck attack in the Swedish capital...
11 Apr 2017
Overseas-trained nurses given extra chance on competency tests
NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and...
11 Apr 2017
Patients need more support to save their fertility, says RCN
The RCN has published guidance to help nurses support patients who are undergoing treatment...
10 Apr 2017
100th birthday celebrations for wartime nurse
A nurse who served meals to an imprisoned war criminal and once caught a lift in a French...
10 Apr 2017