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Hospice choir

A nurse and a 94-year-old patient are among the singers hoping for a hit single this Christmas.

21 Nov 2016
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Katerina Kolyva
The Council of Deans of Health has announced the appointment of a new executive director.
21 Nov 2016
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New BBC4 documentary tells the story of the thousands of women from the Caribbean and Africa who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health ser
21 Nov 2016
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nurse associate

Nursing associates will only be able to administer medicines if suitably trained and competent, in settings where it is deemed appropriate, and will be guided by employer medici

18 Nov 2016
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Dame Julie Moore
Dame Julie Moore described the situation at her NHS trust post-Brexit to a House of Lords select committee.
18 Nov 2016
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NMC headquarters

Nurse who volunteered to fight Ebola in West Africa denies dishonestly recording Pauline Cafferkey’s temperature. 

18 Nov 2016
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Cecilia Anim

Ms Anim will remain in post for the next two years following a membership vote.

18 Nov 2016
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district nurse visits patient

More than half of NHS trusts employing district nurses have seen a fall in their numbers since 2014/15.

18 Nov 2016
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Medicine monitoring side effects
Nurse-led monitoring of medicines taken by people with mental health problems can prevent serious adverse side effects, reveals new research.
17 Nov 2016
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older person

More than a third of home care workers in England have had no training in dementia care – Alzheimer’s Society.

17 Nov 2016
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Amanda Burston
Introducing specialist domestic abuse advisors in hospitals would help nurses to better support victims, a charity says.
17 Nov 2016
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Brian Webster
The Council of Deans of Health, which represents nursing, midwifery and allied health students, has elected a new chair.
17 Nov 2016

Nurse Norman Todd’s years of studying and training have led to role as health and safety advisor for oil and gas company

17 Nov 2016
Sian Thomas won the prestigious RCN Wales nurse of the year award for ensuring a child with complex needs could be educated in a mainstream school.
17 Nov 2016
Mind chief executive Paul Farmer said the government and the Welsh Assembly should ban the use of police cells as places of safety for people in mental health crisis.
16 Nov 2016

Christmas is forgotten by a Santa living with dementia in an advert raising funds for research.

16 Nov 2016
World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK report exposes gaps in public health support services for breastfeeding mothers.
16 Nov 2016
Over half of domestic abuse victims visiting hospital had accessed emergency departments a year before getting effective help, research shows.
16 Nov 2016

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