Call for healthcare staff exemptions after long-term permits were deemed invalid
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A new exhibition charting public health nursing through the decades has opened at the RCN in London.
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People with learning disabilities are three times more likely to die from treatable causes than the general population, said a lead nurse reviewing national m
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GPs play vital role in improving care for people with learning disabilities, nurse leaders told the Learning Disability Practice conference in Manchester.
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More patients are surviving life-threatening injuries thanks to a regional trauma network.
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Too many people with learning disabilities are still being admitted into hospital as inpatients, an NHS nurse leader tells the Learning Disability Practice conference in Manchester
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The controversial new contract for junior doctors in England will begin to be rolled out from today.
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More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to scrap a pay cap which limits staff to a rise of just 1% each year.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a year in a bid to tackle the recruitment crisis and make NHS England 'self-sufficient' in doctor
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A quick-thinking nurse used a defibrillator to save an older patient's life and then cared for him once he was in hospital.
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Jamaican-born nurse and heroine Mary Seacole, who tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, was celebrated in London at the weekend as part of Black History Month.
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Epilepsy Action Cymru said the number of epilepsy specialist nurses in Wales is inadequate, and has called for their numbers to increase.
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Calls for data to be released to inform improvements in services
Previously unseen images of nursing through the decades feature in the calendar
The RCN has launched a new mentorship scheme for up to 100 frontline staff to improve nursing practice.
Crucial evidence has been submitted to the NHS pay review body about staff salaries.
Only specialist nurses and lead doctors should speak to distressed families about the donation of their loved-ones’ organs, a seminar has heard.
The final resting place of a nurse killed during World War Two has been properly marked following a two-year campaign.
Few people have a legally-binding document to refuse life-sustaining care or to have a person act on their behalf, an RCN conference heard.
