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Three quarters of neonatal units in Scotland do not have enough nurses to meet minimum safe staffing levels, according to a charity for premature babies.

25 Jan 2017
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Children and young people need to be taught to wash their hands properly in a bid to cut down the risk of infection, according to new guidance from the National Institute f

25 Jan 2017
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Specialist nurses have created a new bra to promote wound healing in women who have had heart surgery.

24 Jan 2017
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Public could be put at risk because the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is unable to carry out checks on soaring numbers of European Union nurses coming to&nb

24 Jan 2017
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Staff were put through their paces at Doncaster Royal Infirmary during a new trauma course.

24 Jan 2017
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Mandy Stevens

An experienced director of nursing who was hospitalised with depression has publicly shared her mental health battle to help reduce stigma.

24 Jan 2017
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The RCN has launched an online tool to help nurses lobby MPs ahead of parliamentary debate on scrapping the 1% NHS pay cap.

23 Jan 2017
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BBC survey adds to concerns about driving after long shifts

23 Jan 2017
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Manchester jobs fair

Hospital trust opening new emergency department will be among employers keen to recruit nurses at RCN Bulletin Jobs Fair in Manchester.

23 Jan 2017
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Stonewall

NHS trust that has worked with RCN on a trans awareness training package named a star performer on LGBT charity’s inclusive employers list.

23 Jan 2017
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The Royal College of Physicians has released a guide to help staff prevent inpatient falls.
23 Jan 2017
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has set out the benefits and risks of regulating nursing associates.

20 Jan 2017

Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare assistants as 'stand-ins', an investigation suggests.

20 Jan 2017

New standards have been published to guide nurses helping asthma patients after statistics showed up to one third use inhalers incorrectly.

20 Jan 2017
Researchers at NHS Education for Scotland have found the Hospital Passport scheme helps children in hospital.
20 Jan 2017

A campaign aimed at first-year university students significantly boosted immunisation rates and could help reduce the spread of meningitis.

19 Jan 2017

Trades Union Congress analysis of public sector pay restraint reveals bleak picture for nurses.

19 Jan 2017

Some nurses working up to 12 hours without a break, food, or even a glass of water

19 Jan 2017

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