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Guildford Crown Court

Woman who defrauded NHS of £88,000 by faking her identity is given a suspended prison sentence.

04 Jul 2017
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RCNi web page

Nursing Standard publisher RCNi is looking for a new chair to provide the board with clear leadership.

04 Jul 2017
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D&C

A nurse has been praised for accompanying police officers to a road traffic collision when paramedics were unavailable.

04 Jul 2017
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Measures to tackle delayed discharge in hospitals will see councils working more closely with the NHS, Jeremy Hunt has said.

04 Jul 2017
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Simone Williams

A nurse who helped treat people in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has spoken of her daily struggle to pay bills.

04 Jul 2017
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Professional standards for the work of nursing associates will be drawn up by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) this summer.

04 Jul 2017
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Edinburgh_Scrap the Cap

The RCN’s summer of protest is set to continue amid mounting pressure on the government to lift the public sector pay cap.

03 Jul 2017
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Unite demonstration

Cleaners, porters and security staff at four London hospitals will stage three-day strike over pay.

03 Jul 2017
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Kate Granger

Chief nurse urges more nurses to nominate colleagues and teams for Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards.

03 Jul 2017
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Reece Holt

Some parents of children with cancer spend thousands of pounds every year on travel for treatment, figures suggest.

03 Jul 2017
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Elizabeth Anionwu

Real and fictional nurses gathered together at the weekend to celebrate the 70th birthday of Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu.

03 Jul 2017
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Sue Pembrey

Sue Pembrey Award is mainly aimed at band 6 and 7 nurses.

03 Jul 2017

Office of London Clinical Commissioning Groups launches campaign to promote shingles vaccine. 

03 Jul 2017

Jill Maben will leave King’s College London for professor of nursing post at the University of Surrey.

03 Jul 2017

More nurses and midwives are leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register than are joining it.

03 Jul 2017

NHS Digital figures show that antidepressant items dispensed in the community rose from 31 million in 2006 to 64.7 million in 2016.

30 Jun 2017

Mary Seacole Trust will work to enable next generation of nurses from black or minority ethnic backgrounds to achieve their potential.

30 Jun 2017

The Scottish finance minister has committed to lifting the public-sector pay cap in Scotland, but is yet to announce details.

30 Jun 2017

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