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New generation of Nightingale Nurses to be recognised for excellence

A new generation of Nightingale Nurses will be created at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS...

‘Make nurses agents for change’ says NHS England medical director

Nurses should become ‘agents for change’ in the NHS, according to the outgoing medical...

MPs launch inquiry into nursing shortage

The Commons health committee has launched an inquiry into pressures facing the nursing...

Nurses who helped after terror attacks recognised at Kate Granger awards

Staff from 25 trusts that responded to the terror attacks in Manchester and London and the...

Commons pay cap debate

MPs back call for end to the public sector pay cap for NHS

New mother and baby units announced to support women with serious mental health...

Four new mother and baby units will open in England to support women with the most serious...

Nurses urged to look out for symptoms of sepsis

Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists are to be urged to look out for...

Suicide rates fall in England and Wales, but rise in Scotland

Suicide figures have fallen over the last year, but more than 5,600 people still lost their...

NHS criticised for use of ‘20th century’ pagers

More than one in 10 of the world's pagers is being used in the NHS, according to estimates.

Scrap the cap: nurse pay set for another Parliament vote

The 1% pay cap is set to be lifted for police and prison officers, prompting speculation...

Fears over increase in shortage of nurses following Brexit vote

Britain's shortage of nurses and midwives could increase by 20,000 by 2020 if trends...

Single people cope less well with bowel cancer

Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer,...

Children with asthma benefit from living near parks, nurse-led research finds

City-dwelling children with serious asthma may have fewer symptoms if they live close to...

Government drops plans to sell off NHS staffing agency

Plans to sell off a major NHS staffing agency have been abandoned by the government.

RCN updates school nurse toolkit

A revised toolkit for school nurses has been published by the RCN.

Calls for protection of the nurse title

Unregistered support staff working under specialist nurse job titles, study reveals

Patients with cancer face inadequate care due to NHS pressures, Macmillan survey shows

A Macmillan and nfpSynergy survey showed that 52% of nurses and GPs have concerns about...

Girls in Scotland to get free sanitary products to tackle 'period poverty' ...

Schoolgirls in Scotland will have access to free sanitary products in a bid to tackle '...

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