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Nurses and parents should collaborate to prevent deterioration in children's health
Launch of national resource for recognising and responding to young people at risk of health...
15 Jul 2016
District nurses and midwives among UK's top ten most accident-prone drivers
Healthcare professions made up all the top ten most likely occupations to have had an at-...
14 Jul 2016
Robots could instruct nurses, scientists claim
Robots could instruct nurses, scientists claim
13 Jul 2016
Call for better sex education for smartphone generation
Terrence Higgins Trust report says current teaching is 'unfit' for modern life
12 Jul 2016
Matron urges rethink on heart surgery centres
Leicester unit told it can no longer perform children’s heart operations has some of the...
11 Jul 2016
Funding fears over post-registration training
Funding fears over post-registration training
08 Jul 2016
Review finds nurses under too much pressure
Independent Review of Children’s Cardiac Services makes 32 recommendations
06 Jul 2016
Butterfly logo may prevent needless distress for families
Stickers can be placed in neonatal unit cots to alert nurses to the death of a baby
06 Jul 2016
Midwives' failings led to death of nine-day-old baby, NMC rules
Failings of Lindsey Biggs and Holly Parkinson caused Joshua Titcombe to lose a '...
06 Jul 2016
Children’s diabetes testing falls short
Three quarters of children with diabetes in England and Wales did not have the recommended...
05 Jul 2016
Too few school nurses to tackle mental health crisis
RCN congress has voted to lobby UK governments to invest in services that promote emotional...
05 Jul 2016
Scotland facing nursing 'retirement boom'...
The number of nurses set to retire in Scotland over the next decade has risen, sparking...
04 Jul 2016
Consultation opens into NICE guidance on end-of-life care for children
Guidelines stress the importance of communication and age-appropriate ways of chatting about...
04 Jul 2016
UK awards launched to recognise healthcare support staff
Skills for Health and the National Skills Academy for Health have launched the Our Health...
01 Jul 2016
RCN calls for lessons to be learned from Bristol review
Review of children's cardiac services criticises unstable nursing leadership and poor...
01 Jul 2016
Raise awareness of sickle cell disease, nurses told
All nurses need to be aware of the issues around sickle cell disease so that they can ensure...
20 Jun 2016
Children should be taught CPR to save lives
Showing children how to administer CPR 'will save time, money and lives' - congress
20 Jun 2016