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Lonely Christmas

The Campaign to End Loneliness is calling for a UK-wide strategy for ta

02 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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The second wave of sites for training the next cohort of nursing associates has been annou

30 Nov 2016
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Patients are missing out on the best possible care due to a critical shortage of nurses an

30 Nov 2016
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for the new nursing degree apprenticeships

30 Nov 2016
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PHE warns of risk to vulnerable
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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Working abroad seems more popular than ever
Thousands of nurses have considered leaving UK to work overseas over the last five years, Nur
25 Nov 2016
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The RCN has accused the government of missing an opportunity to tackle the nursing workfor

23 Nov 2016
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Health officials are examining whether patients should have to show proof of identity to r

22 Nov 2016
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A record number of front-line NHS staff including nurses have received flu vaccinations th

22 Nov 2016

Chief inspector of England’s hospitals pledges his teams will look at provision for carers of people with dementia.

21 Nov 2016

A nurse and a 94-year-old patient are among the singers hoping for a hit single this Christmas.

21 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

More than a third of home care workers in England have had no training in dementia care – Alzheimer’s Society.

17 Nov 2016
Sian Thomas won the prestigious RCN Wales nurse of the year award for ensuring a child with complex needs could be educated in a mainstream school.
17 Nov 2016

Christmas is forgotten by a Santa living with dementia in an advert raising funds for research.

16 Nov 2016

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