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Andy Shum
Tributes have been paid to RCN steward and chair of its inner south west London branch Andy Shum who has died after a short illness.
22 Aug 2016
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A&E crisis

The RCN has warned A&Es departments in England are ‘buckling’ under the pressure of rising demand and chronic shortage of nurses.

22 Aug 2016
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Dementia

A new film for nurses and other healthcare workers highlights rising cases of dementia in the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.

22 Aug 2016
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#hellomynameis graduates
Graduating nursing students support the #hellomynameis campaign
22 Aug 2016
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Lead_politics
College hopes political leadership training for nurses on band 8 and above will address recruitment problems
22 Aug 2016
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Cancer diet

New research uncovers need for clear advice on nutrition

22 Aug 2016
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Good restraint

Your essential guide to restrictive practice policy including strategies to reduce its use and expert comment

21 Aug 2016
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Post natal depression
A £5million fund for perinatal mental health services has been announced as the first step to improving support for mothers.
19 Aug 2016
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Pay freeze
Gordon Lees looked back at more than 40 years of activism for the RCN at a talk in London yesterday.
19 Aug 2016
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Applications
Plans to scrap student bursaries risk worsening a recruitment crisis in mental health nursing, a report has warned.
19 Aug 2016
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SPRAINSPOTTING poster

Nurse practitioners promote new uniforms by posing for Trainspotting homage.

19 Aug 2016
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Nurse Pauline Cafferky is now under investigation
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while volunteering in west Africa, is under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over her scre
18 Aug 2016
Two senior nurses have been appointed to unite the work of the clinical commissioning group regulator NHS England and the hospital trust watchdog NHS Improvement.
18 Aug 2016

Government's new childhood obesity strategy, which calls on nurses to help tackle the problem, is branded 'a missed opportunity' by the Obesity Health Alliance for its failure to curb junk food advertising.

18 Aug 2016

Nursing is the fifth most popular subject searched for on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) clearing website.

18 Aug 2016
The diary of a volunteer nurse who died during the First World War is expected to attract international interest when it goes under the hammer.
18 Aug 2016

Standardised testing of general and clinical English language skills for all overseas nurses, doctors and dentists would improve patient safety, says Royal College of Surgeons.

18 Aug 2016
The International Council of Nurses condemned attacks against health workers in the ongoing civil war in Syria.
18 Aug 2016

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