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Care Quality Commission: Future of the NHS is precarious
The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising...
10 Oct 2017
Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old
Improved training for community palliative care should be a priority, in order to make life...
09 Oct 2017
Cuts to mental health leave staff facing violence and aggression, says Unison
Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they...
09 Oct 2017
Film aims to help people talk about death and dying
A new film and booklet will help people have conversations about death and dying, and offer...
06 Oct 2017
Schools can now keep spare allergy pens under new law
A change in the law allows schools to purchase spare adrenaline auto-injectors to use on...
06 Oct 2017
Nurse-organised prescribing conference hailed a success
Prescribing nurses based in Scotland joined in a series of lively debates at a free...
05 Oct 2017
Presumed-consent organ donation plan backed by health leaders and charities
Proposals for England receive warm welcome.
05 Oct 2017
Carer tells of her 'fight back' against early onset Alzheimer's...
A carer whose husband has early onset Alzheimer’s disease says her 'curriculum' for them...
04 Oct 2017
Care homes may run out of places by 2022, research shows
The care home market may not have enough places to help older people in need by the end of...
04 Oct 2017
Flying Home advice updated to assist seriously ill patients travel abroad
Guidance on helping patients in the advanced stages of serious and terminal illness to...
03 Oct 2017
Nurses in Wales urged to get flu jab
Nurses in Wales are being encouraged to be protect themselves this winter with a flu jab.
02 Oct 2017
England and Northern Ireland 'vulnerable' to workforce problems after Brexit...
London, the south east and Northern Ireland could all face huge workforce issues after...
02 Oct 2017
Preceptorship framework launched for nurses in London
A new preceptorship framework for nurses working in London has been launched by the Capital...
29 Sep 2017
Chief nursing officer’s BME strategic advisory group to set up regional networks
Regional advisory networks for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) issues are to be established...
29 Sep 2017
New guidance for district nurse teams in Wales launched
Eight new guiding principles for establishing district nursing teams have been introduced in...
29 Sep 2017
'I drove home from work sobbing today'
Staff shortages compromising patient care, RCN poll finds
29 Sep 2017
Leading academic says there is 'a lot to do' to grow nurse research as a...
More work is needed to boost the field of nurse research, says the Council of Deans of...
28 Sep 2017