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Woman at airport

Conservative government makes additional money available to allow Northern Irish women to have abortion in England.

30 Jun 2017
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Scrap the cap demo

A Conservative MP and cancer nurse who spoke out against the public sector pay cap during yesterday’s debate has defended voting against the Labour amendment to the Queen's

29 Jun 2017
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NHS trusts across south east England are running courses for emergency nurses that help them share best practice.

29 Jun 2017
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Brian Webster-Henderson

The Council of Deans of Health has marked its 20th anniversary by unveiling a new strategy for the coming three years – as well as its next chairman.

29 Jun 2017
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Retaining staff

NHS Improvement moves to tackle nurse and clinical staff vacancies in England.

29 Jun 2017
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A third of people with long-term conditions such as asthma and arthritis who pay for their prescriptions have not picked up their medicines due to cost, research for the Prescri

29 Jun 2017
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The Scottish government has set out plans for 2,600 nursing and midwifery training places over four years. 

29 Jun 2017
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University of Ulster

Protests over plans to drastically cut the nurse training budget for Northern Ireland appear to have led to a partial victory.

28 Jun 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn

MPs debated Labour Party amendment to the Queen's Speech to lift the public sector pay cap.

28 Jun 2017
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Plans by GP practices to divert patients away from overwhelmed surgeries must involve nurses, the RCN said.

28 Jun 2017
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Out-of-area care

Patients are being asked to travel as far as 500 miles from home in order to access mental health services.

28 Jun 2017
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Bursary protest

Confusion surrounds a pledge to create 10,000 extra nurse training places following the scrapping of the NHS bursary.

28 Jun 2017

Survey of council directors of social services across England found there are plans to save £824 million on social care, with at least 39% from cuts to services.

28 Jun 2017

Psychiatrists say families should be seen as potential partners in suicide prevention.

28 Jun 2017

Nearly six in ten clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are failing to ensure targets are met for talking therapies.

28 Jun 2017

The public sector pay cap could be removed just a day after RCN nurses took to the streets to demand better pay.

27 Jun 2017

Nurses across England and Scotland intensified their demands for a pay rise as the RCN's summer of protest began.

27 Jun 2017

The Patients Association’s appointment of Rachel Power as chief executive marks the start of a ‘new chapter’ for the charity.

27 Jun 2017

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