A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
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From cracked ribs to a sore back, the Yuletide festivities are not without hazard for Jane
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With a new chief nursing officer at the WHO and the start of the Nursing Now!
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The old argument that the roots of mental illness may lie in the body,
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Out of hours children's palliative care services are vital to supp
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To truly understand the highly skilled, complex care delivered by distr
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All patients deserve a face-to-face medicines review with their GP.
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Inaccurate and misleading online health information manipulates vulnera
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Praise for NHS staff is all very well, but it means nothing if it is no
While the concept of flexible, family-friendly working is very welcome, it is just a pipe dream until the significant shortage of NHS nurses is addressed, says Jane Bates.
More funding to train nursing associates and graduate apprentices is welcome, but developing and retaining current staff is equally important, says RCN chief executive Janet Davies.
A downward trend in the number of health visitor training places being taken up could be made much worse by the introduction next year of a complex and expensive apprenticeship route, warns the Institute of Health Visiting's Karen Stansfield.
The baby boomer generation is expected to work until approaching age 70 but they are considered frail and elderly when something goes wrong. You can’t have it both ways, says Jane Bates.
Nurses can help homeless young people find a solution to physical and mental health problem by signposting them to a helpline at Centrepoint, says the charity’s national head of health Sue Kellie.
Days after Rhian Burke’s baby son died in an emergency department, her husband took his own life. The charity she set up in their memory is ensuring that emergency departments across Wales offer a lifeline to bereaved parents.
