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Health service only functions because of ‘superhuman’ efforts of staff, says Mid Staffs inquiry chair.

13 Feb 2017
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Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the children's nursing degree specialism to be protected.

13 Feb 2017
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Palliative

A free online resource will help nurses and others without expertise to provide palliative and end of life care to people with a terminal illness.

13 Feb 2017
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Aggression against staff

Nursing leaders are ‘very concerned’ over what will happen to body that advises on NHS staff safety.

10 Feb 2017
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A nurse who gave a patient who later died the wrong type of blood has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

10 Feb 2017
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An inquest heard details about the death of nurse Amin Abdullah who set himself alight in February last year.

10 Feb 2017
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09 Feb 2017
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Physical health assessment

Scheme aims to reduce 20-year mortality gap between this patient group and the rest of the population.

09 Feb 2017
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New data has revealed NHS England is performing at its worst ever levels against a host of targets for emergency departments, cancer care and patients waiting on trolleys.

09 Feb 2017
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Members of Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have voted in favour of action due to start next month.

09 Feb 2017
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Staff survey

Union says it expects sixth annual survey on nurse-to-patient ratios, overtime and breaks to reveal the strain staff and hospitals are under

09 Feb 2017
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Staff at a hospital admitted patients to a ‘virtual ward’ to avoid breaching the four-hour emergency department target, a whistleblower has claimed.

09 Feb 2017

Accident and emergency patients in England have experienced the worst month of delays since the four-hour target was introduced 13 years ago, a leaked document suggests.

09 Feb 2017

University College London Hospital staff team up with film company to produce animation for parents with cancer. 

08 Feb 2017

London hospice embraces return-to-practice scheme to solve recruitment problem.

08 Feb 2017

Plans to integrate health and social care services by 2020 have been slower and less successful than envisaged, a report finds. But the National Audit Office notes local areas have improved joint working.

08 Feb 2017

Colleges in England report a rising number of students experiencing mental health issues. The finding has led to calls for more specialist support for young people in crisis.

07 Feb 2017

Emergency departments in Scotland experienced their busiest December for four years.

07 Feb 2017

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