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specialist burns deputy matron Lucy Hall
Lucy Hall responded to appeal for international help to relieve over-stretched nurs
14 Feb 2020
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Picture of a medic showing a girl how to use an inhaler. Updated guidance from NICE emphasises importance of regular use rather than higher dose of inhaled corticosteroids in children and young people.
NICE emphasises regular use rather than higher dose in children and young people
14 Feb 2020
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Man and woman sit in formal setting looking over a file of paperwork
NMC is exploring whether to use patient experience statements, despite stakeholder warnings
13 Feb 2020
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Jessica Anderson with her record certificate

Jessica Anderson cited as ‘proof that not all heroes wear capes – some

13 Feb 2020
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Sue Harris, the UK’s first consultant nurse in harms-free care

UK’s first consultant nurse in harms-free care champions holistic approach

13 Feb 2020
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Worthing Hospital in West Sussex, where a healthcare worker in the emergency department is among eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK

Hospital in West Sussex informs fellow staff of diagnosis

12 Feb 2020
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Chief nurse Ruth May and Florence Nighingale Foundation chief executive Greta Westwood
Chief nurse and Florence Nightingale Foundation CEO will raise funds for future nurse leaders
11 Feb 2020
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Man in protective clothing cleaning the County Oak Medical Centre in Brighton

Two medical centres close in Brighton as government announces new quara

11 Feb 2020
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A nurse becomes a doctor

Professor criticises ‘hare-brained’ proposals, while RCN says stan

10 Feb 2020
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flooded country road, with battered 'road ahead closed' sign
District nurse teams face down danger to get to patients in greatest need
10 Feb 2020
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East Kent community trust staff use the magnet faces to help discuss their feelings during team huddles

Kent Community Health Trust encourages staff to talk openly about how they are feeling

10 Feb 2020
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Image of a person sitting alone on a bus looking out the window, suggesting loneliness or sadness

Latest ONS data on suicide risk among nursing professionals in the UK are from 2015

07 Feb 2020

Overall applications also rise, but RCN says numbers are still ’way below what is needed’

06 Feb 2020
Front-line nurses’ uptake falls far short of NHS vision for workforce immunisation
06 Feb 2020

Activists want to keep pressure on ministers over nurse numbers and a safe staffing law

06 Feb 2020

There’s still time to submit your entry – but you’ll have to be quick!

06 Feb 2020

Women wait years for diagnosis, and data show thousands seek hospital treatment each year

04 Feb 2020

Initiative is being trialled by doctors – with plans to roll it out to all shift workers

03 Feb 2020

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