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Henrietta Hughes

Henrietta Hughes, a practising GP and NHS England medical director, has been appointed to the national whistleblowing guardian role to replace leading nurse Dame Eileen Sills

07 Jul 2016

NHS Trusts have reached out to staff to offer assurances that they are valued following the EU referendum result. 

07 Jul 2016
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Older nurse

Institute for Employment Studies' report on the labour market for nurses in the UK prompts dire warning.

07 Jul 2016
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Graduates

A study in Qatari hospitals demonstrated that having about 70% of nursing care provided by graduate nurses reduces patient mortality to 1%. 

07 Jul 2016
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A&E pressures

Nurses had to take on doctors' roles at understaffed emergency department 

07 Jul 2016
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Dementia friendly crockery

Plates designed for patients with dementia increase food intake by 10%

07 Jul 2016
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Howard Catton

The International Council of Nurses' Howard Catton calls for unit to stay in place to advise on Brexit

06 Jul 2016
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Mother and child
Nursing students with families will be hit hardest in pocket under government's proposals to scrap the bursary
06 Jul 2016
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Failings of Lindsey Biggs and Holly Parkinson caused Joshua Titcombe to lose a 'significant chance' of survival.
06 Jul 2016
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Mature student

Government pledge comes despite plans to scrap student bursary

06 Jul 2016
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Autism nurse
RCN highlights need after inquiry revealed nine in ten people with autism said healthcare staff 'didn't understand' their care needs
06 Jul 2016
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Ben Gummer

End of life care improvements include proposal for round-the-clock key contact for patients and families

05 Jul 2016
Raising awareness of cervical screening among BME women
05 Jul 2016
NHS staff need assurances they can stay long-term, MPs urge
05 Jul 2016

Care home staff urged to make residents’ dental hygiene a daily priority

05 Jul 2016
What you need to know about delayed discharge
05 Jul 2016

Healthcare professionals urged to give female patients booklet on medication used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorders

04 Jul 2016

In the second episode, celebrity Myleene Klass and her mother Magdalena, a nurse for 40 years, visit Northgate Hospital

04 Jul 2016

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