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111 telephone service

Failure to run the NHS 111 service adequately has led to South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust receiving a warning from the CQC 

21 Jun 2016
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A&E patient

RCN highlights unprecedented burden in recent months and concern over lack of capacity 

21 Jun 2016
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Roisin Devlin

Congress backs resolution that RCN Council work with employers to ensure pay review body’s recommendations are upheld

20 Jun 2016
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Sickle cell disease
All nurses need to be aware of the issues around sickle cell disease so that they can ensure that patients get the highest standard of care
20 Jun 2016
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Mike Hayward

Delegates at RCN congress heard that agency nurses make a big contribution and should not be demonised

20 Jun 2016
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Mary Seacole
Florence Nightingale supporters claim the Mary Seacole statue should not be outside St Thomas' Hospital in London
20 Jun 2016
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Nurse using iPad

RCN votes to promote vision of a digital nursing future

20 Jun 2016
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Abortion
Nurses dismiss British abortion law as ‘Victorian’ and ‘widely out of step’
20 Jun 2016
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Theresa Fyffe
Resources needed to make safe staffing a reality says RCN's Fyffe
20 Jun 2016
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Child CPR
Showing children how to administer CPR 'will save time, money and lives' - congress
20 Jun 2016
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Nicola Sturgeon

Two standing ovations for Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon as she pledges to retain nursing and midwifery bursaries and to ensure safe staffing levels

20 Jun 2016
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Emma Eccles

Long debate ends with decision to push UK governments to follow example set by Wales 

20 Jun 2016

All health care workers should receive training, delegates at congress agree

20 Jun 2016

Frontline survey reveals patients living in poverty as budget cuts increase pressure on services

20 Jun 2016

Molly Case reflects on 100 years of the royal college

19 Jun 2016

UK governments must act, RCN congress told

19 Jun 2016

Current policies mean 'vulnerable people miss out on help', says student

19 Jun 2016

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon will tell RCN congress that workforce planning tools for nursing and midwifery staff will be put on a statutory footing

19 Jun 2016

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