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A pharmacology app has been developed at Birmingham City University to support non-medical students with prescribing.

05 Apr 2017
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Report showing nurse, midwife and health visitor numbers rose 1.3% in a year are welcomed by RCN Wales.

05 Apr 2017
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Ministers should review pay policy for nurses and other NHS staff and the impact it has on workforce morale, peers have urged.

05 Apr 2017
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More clinicians should be placed on the NHS 111 helpline after claims that suicidal callers 'put on hold until they hang up'.

04 Apr 2017
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Schools should teach children more about mental health, say parents. 

04 Apr 2017
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More than 200,000 nurses and midwives have completed the new system to check they are fit to practice in its first 12 months. 

04 Apr 2017
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The number of ambulances attending London police stations has doubled in four years, at the same time as a deepening recruitment crisis for specialist custody nurses.

04 Apr 2017
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A nurse who lost both legs and an arm after developing sepsis is preparing for globe-trotting adventures following her recovery.

03 Apr 2017
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Scrap the cap

College will continue to fight for fair pay for nurses as the 1% pay cap is set to remain in England, Scotland and Wales.

03 Apr 2017
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A doctor who lied about the high temperature of nurse Pauline Cafferkey was last week suspended from practising for a month
03 Apr 2017
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Nurse academics from across the world will visit Oxford this week for the RCN International Nursing Research Conference and Exhibition 2017.

03 Apr 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council is separating midwifery supervision and regulation in changes to its legal framework.

03 Apr 2017

NHS Improvement has agreed to pause plans to prevent nurses working for an agency if they have a substantive contract

31 Mar 2017

New powers to give warnings and advice on the future conduct in Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases have been welcomed by nurses

31 Mar 2017

Christian nurse sacked by NHS after offering to pray with patients before surgery claims unfair dismissal.

31 Mar 2017

The Duke of Cambridge visited staff at London's St Thomas' Hospital to thank them for their lifesaving efforts during the Westminster terror attack.

31 Mar 2017
Nurse First aims to attract high-achieving graduates into nursing
31 Mar 2017

Playing football can have a positive impact on people with mental health conditions like schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, nurse-led research has found

30 Mar 2017

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