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More than 5,000 new cases of FGM recorded in the NHS in 2016
RCN professional lead for public health Helen Donovan said mandatory reporting laws mean...
13 Mar 2017
Non-EU worker fee risks adding to staffing crisis, warns RCN
College says the government must exempt healthcare workers from new immigration charge.
13 Mar 2017
'Patients should have access to GP waiting times for routine conditions'...
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said patients will be able to look up GP waiting...
13 Mar 2017
New school of nursing and midwifery in Oxford
Collaboration between local organisations will see students learning in university and trust...
13 Mar 2017
Life-threatening sepsis must be treated within the hour, says NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is urging hospital staff to treat...
10 Mar 2017
NHS 111 callers to have more access to clinicians
Service alteration aims to ease pressures on wider health service.
10 Mar 2017
We must not repeat previous mistakes, says former Mid Staffs trust head
Current NHS pressures are recreating the circumstances that led to disastrous failings at...
10 Mar 2017
Exclusive: EU nurse figures in decline before Brexit vote
The falling number of European Union (EU) nurses applying to work in the UK has been widely...
09 Mar 2017
Workforce development plan to boost profile of practice nursing
Health Education England document sets out a workforce strategy for general practice nursing.
09 Mar 2017
Three in four people support pay boost for nurses, survey shows
A poll for the GMB union shows the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat...
09 Mar 2017
Spring budget: reaction
Nurses have labelled the spring budget as a 'missed opportunity', with the NHS failing to...
08 Mar 2017
Three UK universities in world top ten for nursing
King's College London has been named the third best university in the world for nursing,...
08 Mar 2017
Oncology nurses want more studies into using technology in the community
Using technology to manage cancer symptoms at home should be the focus of research, say...
07 Mar 2017
NMC caution order for nurse who failed to perform CPR
A nurse has admitted misconduct after failing to attempt to resuscitate a care home resident...
07 Mar 2017
60% of NHS staff 'have worked while unwell'
NHS staff are still putting themselves under pressure to go to work when feeling unable to...
07 Mar 2017
New look for Queen's Nursing Institute website ...
Community nursing charity the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new website.
07 Mar 2017
Have YOUR say on the state of the NHS
Nursing Standard has joined forces with The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People for a UK-...
07 Mar 2017