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Dementia appeal

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Charity has set up an appeal to help patients with dementia.

19 Jan 2017
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Older people with HIV

Better training is needed for health and social care staff to improve care for people aged over 50 living with HIV, charity warns.

19 Jan 2017
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Hospital launches gastrointestinal academy to help nurses expand their knowledge of digestive health and treatment.
19 Jan 2017
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A nurse academic with a family experience of suicide has called for all nurses to undergo awareness training.
18 Jan 2017
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Jane_Cummings

Doctors’ leaders yesterday rejected a motion to condemn England’s chief nurse for her public support of controversial government plans for the NHS, deeming the cr

18 Jan 2017
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Alice Markey works at St Marys Hospital
A nurse has spoken about what motivated her to help put together a new six-part documentary series.
18 Jan 2017
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NHS Pay debate
A parliamentary debate on scrapping NHS pay caps will take place at the end of this month and nurses are being urged to do all they can to encourage their MPs to attend
18 Jan 2017
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Cathy Warwick

An extra 3,500 midwives are needed in the NHS in England but employment rates are flatlining, says head of RCM 

18 Jan 2017
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Midwife and pregnant woman

Half of women who have been in labour experienced red-flag event linked to staffing, says Women’s Institute and National Childbirth Trust report.

17 Jan 2017
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Unpaid wages

Staff urged to contact the organisation for potential back payments.

17 Jan 2017
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Croydon University Hospital

RCN warns winter pressures are posing ‘major risks’ across the whole NHS system, but hospitals say temporary measures did not risk patient safety

17 Jan 2017
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Houses of Parliament
Petition tops 100k signatures after nurses lose 14% in real terms
17 Jan 2017

Trust establishes dedicated Admiral nurse clinic for staff who are also carers, offering advice and information on dementia

17 Jan 2017

The charity Wellchild has appointed its first parent trainer nurse to help children continue to receive the essential medical care they need after leaving hospital.

16 Jan 2017

Local historians and councillor want a blue plaque to be erected in honour of the late Madge Addy, who became an undercover agent for the Allies in the second world war.

16 Jan 2017

As the NHS comes under increasing pressure, the RCN advises nurses to ensure they raise any concerns about patient safety as a matter of urgency.

16 Jan 2017
Around 80 independent midwives were told to find new indemnity arrangements or face removal from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register, after the regulator decided their scheme was ‘inappropriate’.
13 Jan 2017

A toddler with suspected meningitis lay for several hours on a makeshift bed made of two chairs while waiting to be seen by a doctor in A&E, his mother claims.

13 Jan 2017

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