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A staff nurse who had her arm amputed due to a genetic condition is back at work after having a bionic hand fitted by surgeons at her hospital trust.

02 Feb 2017
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Health visitor cuts
Humber NHS Foundation Trust is consulting on changes to its public health nursing service which includes a reduction in the number of band 6 health visitors
02 Feb 2017
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Staff at a nursing workwear company are planning bike rides, fun runs and bake sales to raise £10,000 for nurses in hardship. 

02 Feb 2017
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The number of nursing degree applicants in England has fallen by 23%
02 Feb 2017
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Academics are to explore whether 'culturally aware' robots could help care for older people in future.

01 Feb 2017
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A campaign which calls for people with dementia to be supported by their carers in hospital has now been expanded to care homes.

01 Feb 2017
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RCN Northern Ireland director Janice Smyth has said nurses are ‘under extreme stress’ in response to the latest emergency waiting time figures.

01 Feb 2017
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System for recovering money from overseas patients who use the NHS is chaotic, say MPs.

01 Feb 2017
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Students at the University of Derby have embarked on their studies to become Nursing Associates.

01 Feb 2017
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The mental health workforce of the future is under the spotlight in a new project commissioned by HEE and the Mental Health Network.

01 Feb 2017
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A blood cancer charity is encouraging cancer nurses to distribute its new personalised information packs to their patients.

01 Feb 2017
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A new service has been launched to help GPs affected by mental health and addication issues.

01 Feb 2017
MPs warn the NHS cannot afford to lose the goodwill of nurses
31 Jan 2017

Practice and district nurses should routinely ask people over 65 about falls, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

31 Jan 2017

It was a proud moment for nurse academic Ruth Northway when she collected her OBE from Prince Charles.

31 Jan 2017

Self-inflicted death is 8.6 times more likely in prison custody than among the general population, according to the Ministry of Justice.

31 Jan 2017
Nurses from across England lobbied MPs ahead of debate
30 Jan 2017

A return to local authorities taking responsibility for childhood public health is not dissimilar to the government approach during the inter-war years, an RCN seminar has heard.

30 Jan 2017

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