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Finance guide

As bank HSBC launches finance guide for patients and their families, dementia expert June Andrews says it is important for nurses to discuss care home and service costs

13 Apr 2017
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Citizens advice launch

Patients can combine a trip to hospital in Wales with gaining access to financial help and support, following the launch of a new Citizens Advice service.

13 Apr 2017
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homeless man

Nurses planning projects to improve the health of homeless people will be able to apply for new funding.

13 Apr 2017
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RCN opens online poll on whether members are prepared to strike over pay.

13 Apr 2017
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Making a will

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is urging nurses to write a will after revealing that they are less likely than the general population to have done so.

12 Apr 2017
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The Scottish government has announced it will consult on enshrining in law the use of planning tools to set nurse staffing numbers in the NHS.

12 Apr 2017
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BBC One drama Casualty will mark the end of its 30th anniversary series with a unique one-shot episode centring on nurse character Lisa 'Duffy' Duff

12 Apr 2017
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James Blair

Leading nurses offered advice and expertise to students during a conference at the RCN’s London headquarters.

12 Apr 2017
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Pauline Cafferkey

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she fell seriously ill with ebola.

12 Apr 2017
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Fair Isle

Fed up of the hustle and bustle of hospital life? A dream nursing job has just become available on the remote Scottish island of Fair Isle.

11 Apr 2017
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iPhone user

Specialist nurses and patients have joined forces to create a freely accessible app-review website for those with stroke or brain injuries.

11 Apr 2017
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PrEP pill

Scotland is the first part of the UK where PrEP HIV drug will be availabe on the NHS.

11 Apr 2017

A major London hospital trust which was the subject of a hit TV documentary series has seen a surge in nurses and other staff applying to work there.

11 Apr 2017

A nurse was one of the first people on the scene of the truck attack in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Friday.

11 Apr 2017

NMC changes rules on exams to practise in the UK, offering applicants more flexibility and shorter wait to re-apply.

11 Apr 2017

The RCN has published guidance to help nurses support patients who are undergoing treatment which could affect their fertility

10 Apr 2017

A nurse who served meals to an imprisoned war criminal and once caught a lift in a French president’s car has celebrated her 100th birthday.

10 Apr 2017

A charity providing financial assistance to nurses saw large rise in calls in first three months of 2017.

10 Apr 2017

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