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Patient smoking

Scottish Government reveals physical health statistics and bed occupancy rates in Scotland.

19 Sep 2016
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Children's nursing

New campaign shows paucity of staff is compromising care

19 Sep 2016
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Lecture

Senior nurses are invited to apply for a programme aimed at improving nursing care for older people.

19 Sep 2016
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Whistleblower helpline

The RCN in Northern Ireland has welcomed calls for a confidential helpline to be set up for nurses and other health and social care staff to raise conce

19 Sep 2016
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End of life service

Review finds London care coordination centre could save the NHS £350,000 a year, but needs more nurses to cope with demand

16 Sep 2016
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Centenary service at York Minster

A special service was held at York Minster to mark the RCN's centenary.

16 Sep 2016
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Placement threats
Alarming behaviour by some failing students
16 Sep 2016
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sad girl
Cuts to school nursing numbers and workforce pressures are hampering efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM).
15 Sep 2016
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Anne Shaw
Anne Shaw has taken over as chair of North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust following three years as non-executive director at the trust.
15 Sep 2016
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The Archers

Two in five health visitors say support for families affected by domestic abuse in England has got worse in the past two years.

15 Sep 2016
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Kate Barmby
Nurse Kate Barmby has insisted she is 'still smiling' after becoming the latest contestant to leave the Great British Bake Off.
15 Sep 2016
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social cuts
Older people are bearing the brunt of cuts to social care, and an increasing numbers of care homes could go out of business, a new report warns.
15 Sep 2016

Ms Cafferkey faced allegations that she concealed a high temperature during her health screening on returning to the UK

14 Sep 2016
Half measures are not enough to tackle the rising number of people with diabetes, nurses warn as new figures are released
14 Sep 2016

Study says care home staff are being poorly prepared by nursing undergraduate courses.

14 Sep 2016

Ms Cummings received honour in recognition of her ‘outstanding career in nursing’.

14 Sep 2016
Research has shown a wide variation in doctors’ ability to predict accurately how long terminally ill patients have to live
14 Sep 2016

Disciplinary panel to hear further evidence today about nurse’s conduct on returning to the UK from Sierra Leone.

14 Sep 2016

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