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abortion
Nurses who work in abortion clinics in the UK are experiencing increasing levels of harassment from anti-abortion protesters, according to a charity which employs them.
30 Sep 2016
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1 in 5 carers have taken their loved one to the emergency department (ED) due to failures in GP out-of-hours services and district nursing, figures suggest.
30 Sep 2016
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legion
A wartime nurse who was posted in Normandy as the first D-Day soldiers arrived is to be honoured by the French government.
30 Sep 2016
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end of life
An RCN seminar on end of life issues heard how action was needed to end ‘disinvestment’ in nursing to ensure humane end of life care.
29 Sep 2016
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leaving
Nearly 1 in 10 (9.5%) of the nurses due to revalidate in July and August failed to renew their registration in July and August.
29 Sep 2016
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A nurse is to teach colleagues about the benefits of physical activity as part of a scheme planned to get NHS staff healthy.
29 Sep 2016
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janet
Nurses and midwives are calling on the government to end its policy of pay restraint, as their royal colleges today gave evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body, which will make a reco
29 Sep 2016
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social media
There has been an alarming rise in rates of anxiety and depression among young women in the age of social media, experts warn.
29 Sep 2016
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ad nurse
The RCN is taking a phased approach to advanced nurse practitioner accreditation.
29 Sep 2016
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nmc
Journalists have written to the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) urging her to reverse its decision not to publish charges ahead of disciplinary hearings.
29 Sep 2016
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NHS staff are to get the opportunity to feel the effects of old age.
28 Sep 2016
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Deprivation of liberty

More than 75,000 people in England were deprived of their liberty from April 2015 to March 2016 amid a sharp rise in safeguarding applications.

28 Sep 2016

Jeremy Hunt wins High Court battle with junior doctors over complaint that he had gone beyond the scope of his powers.

28 Sep 2016
Study shows patients have symptoms a year before emergency bowel cancer diagnosis.
28 Sep 2016
A college nurse recently swam a mile around London’s Serpentine Lake to raise money for charity.
28 Sep 2016

NHS staff must always ensure patients take priority over organisational pressures, a report into unsafe hospital discharges demands.

27 Sep 2016

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has offered support to those who knew nurse Sue Owen.

27 Sep 2016

Almost half of carers surveyed praised nurses’ help.

27 Sep 2016

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