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Action plan launched for general practice nursing

England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings says GPs must implement the new action plan...

Industrial action threat over pay ‘very much alive’, RCN warns

The RCN will ballot members over industrial action later this year if the government...

Nurses across the UK campaign for fairer pay

40 events held as part of Scrap the Cap campaign

Trust nurses take part in weight loss trial

Staff volunteers at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have signed up...

No need to complete antibiotics course, study says

Doctors’ orders to 'complete the course' for some antibiotics may be wrong, and patients...

People with chronic kidney disease should be offered statins, say experts

More than two million people with kidney disease should be offered statins to help combat...

'Act now to stop senior nurses quitting NHS'

Call from RCN on national day of campaigning

Charity warns against undue concern over Panorama SSRIs investigation

Mental health charity Mind fears BBC documentary about antidepressants and homicidal...

Nurses and firefighters team up to help older people at risk of falling

Nurses are training firefighters across Bradford and Airedale to identify people over 65 at...

Regions sometimes have no child mental health beds, says report

Whole regions of England were left without any specialist CAMHS beds on three occasions last...

Ministers to waive penalties over back pay owed by care homes

Historic financial penalties owed by care homes who have underpaid their staff for overnight...

Report warns of ‘urgent workforce challenges’ facing NHS in Scotland

Nurses and other NHS staff in Scotland are facing increasing workload pressures due to a...

New data reveals nurse vacancies

Pay restraint and Brexit to blame for falling numbers and rising vacancies, say unions

New guidance to help children cope with trauma

New guidance has been launched to help health visitors support children and families to cope...

UK babies born in 2015 have world's 20th-highest life expectancy...

Babies born in the UK in 2015 have the 20th-highest life expectancy in the world.

Parents in Wales get new advice on preventing childhood obesity

An NHS programme to tackle childhood obesity in Wales has been launched.

Retired nurse collapses while teaching CPR

David Knowles saved by first aid trainees

Majority of cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist, survey shows

A total of 90% of cancer patients were given the name of a clinical nurse specailist...

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