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Canterbury Christ Church University has set up its own grant to help students
A university has set up a £200,000 fund to help nursing students cope with course costs when
08 Dec 2016
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bed waiting times increased
There has been a sharp rise in the length of time people wait for a hospital bed after being
07 Dec 2016
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Professor Jane Cummings
Not a 'cheap replacement for nurses', says England's chief nursing officer
05 Dec 2016
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Nursing profession
Poll finds UK public has faith in nurses' truthfulness
05 Dec 2016
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Four out of five nurses struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) register last

02 Dec 2016
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Dame Jessica Corner
Planned nursing degree apprenticeships will be ‘a drop in the ocean’ and will not solve the n
01 Dec 2016
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Trainee doctor workloads

Some trainee doctors are working beyond their competence due to huge workloads, with many

01 Dec 2016
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The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been annou

30 Nov 2016
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cold weather
PHE warns of risk to vulnerable
29 Nov 2016
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e roster

More than half of NHS Trust leaders in England are worried they do not have the

29 Nov 2016
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Nurses should not use personal mobile phones for work, according to new RCN guidance.

29 Nov 2016
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Ebola nurse suspended for concealing colleague’s high temperature before virus was diagnos

25 Nov 2016
Thousands of nurses have considered leaving UK to work overseas over the last five years, Nursing Standard can reveal.
25 Nov 2016

The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workforce crisis after chancellor Philip Hammond failed to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap in his autumn statement.

23 Nov 2016

Emergency department nurses in London find a novel way to improve care.

23 Nov 2016

Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to receive some forms of NHS care.

22 Nov 2016

A record number of front-line NHS staff including nurses have received flu vaccinations this year.

22 Nov 2016

Nursing associates will only be able to administer medicines if suitably trained and competent, in settings where it is deemed appropriate, and will be guided by employer medicines management policies, according to Health Education England (HEE).

18 Nov 2016

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