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Michael Brown

Now is not the time to call a ballot over pay, the outgoing RCN council chair has told fru

04 Jan 2018
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Trolly waits
Thousands of pre-planned operations and appointments delayed
03 Jan 2018
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Jane Cummings

England’s chief nurse Jane Cummings calls on patients to cancel NHS appointments in good t

02 Jan 2018
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Hilary Chapman and Jackie Daniel
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants receive honours
29 Dec 2017
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NHS organisations are being challenged to ‘think imaginatively’ about p

29 Dec 2017
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Becky Platt

UK health professionals respond to a deadly outbreak of diphtheria among 600,000 Rohi

28 Dec 2017
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Struggling hospitals should not try to make money off their staff,

28 Dec 2017
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Almost two-thirds of NHS trusts have already signed up to a voluntary scheme
28 Dec 2017
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No ops for BME

Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings calls on trusts to support BME candidates

27 Dec 2017
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Ambulance delays

Health unions says new figures detailing ambulance delays show ‘a whole system under strai

22 Dec 2017
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EU working time regulations

Patient safety will be at risk if working time regulations are ditched, warn union leaders

21 Dec 2017
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Xmas hardship

Nurses, midwives or healthcare assistants – not just RCN members – are eligible to ap

21 Dec 2017

UK nursing leaders have praised 'dedicated and compassionate' nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who will be on duty over the Christmas period.

20 Dec 2017

The exodus of nurses will continue unless staff receive an above inflation pay rise, the RCN has warned.

19 Dec 2017

Labour Party says that NHS has more than 100,000 vacant posts in England

19 Dec 2017

Almost 2,000 lives could be saved each year if all hospitals adopted the National Early Warning Score system for spotting which patients are seriously ill, says NHS England

19 Dec 2017

Dame Sarah Mullally to become the 133rd Bishop of London in 2018 and installed in a service at St Paul’s Cathedral.

18 Dec 2017

The NHS will use the latest technology to track outbreaks of norovirus and other illnesses in England this winter to try to cope with surges in demand on services

18 Dec 2017

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