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A nurse writes in a grid on a hospital white board with the word 'discharge' in capital letters above it
Cost of delays tops £1.2 billion and also raises patient safety concerns, says RCN Scotland
11 Jan 2024
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Photo of social care worker with older patient, illustrating story about new qualifications in social care
Government says new measures seek to ‘recognise social care as the skilled profession it is’
10 Jan 2024
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Recruiters name nurses among the occupational groups with greatest shortfall of candidates
10 Jan 2024
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Nursing associate works with seated patient's IV line – the band 4 role is being considered for Wales’s NHS
Ministers considering introducing the registered band 4 role for Wales’s NHS
09 Jan 2024
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Striking nurses at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital in January 2020
Nurses to join day of action over failure to receive pay award in line with UK colleagues
08 Jan 2024
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Seconded manager who also worked shifts at her trust displayed ‘serious dishonesty’ – NMC
08 Jan 2024
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Photo of mental health nurses Steven and Stevie-Leigh Jewell, who have just qualified
Steven and Stevie-Leigh Jewell qualify as mental health nurses within weeks of each other
05 Jan 2024
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Photo of mental health nurse talking with patient
Calls to NHS 24 Mental Health hub regarding psychotic symptoms rose by 100% in two years
05 Jan 2024
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A nurse wearing a blue face masks talks to a patient who is sitting up and is also wearing a face mask
NHS has received calls to reintroduce personal protective equipment as per WHO advice
04 Jan 2024
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Doctors on a picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital in London
A fresh wave of NHS industrial action is likely to directly affect nursing workloads
04 Jan 2024
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Two-year programme was established by independent healthcare provider
04 Jan 2024
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A nurse in uniform using a car park ticket machine
Government criticised for not fulfilling its pledge to crack down on unfair parking fees
03 Jan 2024
Right to strike will be defended in face of new law on enforcing minimum service levels
03 Jan 2024
Alison Kelly is one of four former senior managers who will be part of the inquiry
02 Jan 2024
College would back nurses to strike again after making only modest progress last year
02 Jan 2024
Leaders in dementia, cancer, community and mental healthcare among those recognised
29 Dec 2023
Health unions accuse government of trying to interfere in pay review body’s independence
21 Dec 2023
Only 3,500 of the 50,000 nurses were sourced from domestic retention or recruitment
21 Dec 2023

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