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Jeremy Hunt reveals plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a year
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to train up to 1,500 more doctors a year in...
04 Oct 2016
Off-duty nurse saves the life of a great-grandfather – then looks after him in hospital
A quick-thinking nurse used a defibrillator to save an older patient's life and then...
04 Oct 2016
Mary Seacole celebrated during Black History Month
Jamaican-born nurse and heroine Mary Seacole, who tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimean...
03 Oct 2016
Nine specialist nurses caring for 26,000 patients with epilepsy in Wales, charity warns
Epilepsy Action Cymru said the number of epilepsy specialist nurses in Wales is inadequate,...
03 Oct 2016
Cancer workforce figures will not be published, says Health Education England
Calls for data to be released to inform improvements in services
03 Oct 2016
130 years of the Queen’s Nursing Institute celebrated in new calendar
Previously unseen images of nursing through the decades feature in the calendar
03 Oct 2016
RCN launches mentorship scheme to improve nursing practice
The RCN has launched a new mentorship scheme for up to 100 frontline staff to improve...
03 Oct 2016
Unions unite in battle for fair NHS pay
Crucial evidence has been submitted to the NHS pay review body about staff salaries.
30 Sep 2016
Discussing organ donation with relatives ‘best left to specialists’
Only specialist nurses and lead doctors should speak to distressed families about the...
30 Sep 2016
Nurse killed in Blitz finally receives marked grave
The final resting place of a nurse killed during World War Two has been properly marked...
30 Sep 2016
More awareness needed on end of life rights, says charity
Few people have a legally-binding document to refuse life-sustaining care or to have a...
30 Sep 2016
Exclusive: Nurses targeted by anti-abortion protesters
Nurses who work in abortion clinics in the UK are experiencing increasing levels of...
30 Sep 2016
Carers take loved ones to emergency department because of lack of district nurses
1 in 5 carers have taken their loved one to the emergency department (ED) due to failures in...
30 Sep 2016
Centenarian nurse receives honour for wartime care
A wartime nurse who was posted in Normandy as the first D-Day soldiers arrived is to be...
30 Sep 2016
Stop 'disinvestment' in nursing to improve end of life care
An RCN seminar on end of life issues heard how action was needed to end ‘disinvestment’ in...
29 Sep 2016
1 in 10 nurses due to revalidate have left the register, latest figures show
Nearly 1 in 10 (9.5%) of the nurses due to revalidate in July and August failed to renew...
29 Sep 2016
Exclusive: Public Health England appoints first of 28 nurse 'clinical champions...
A nurse is to teach colleagues about the benefits of physical activity as part of a scheme...
29 Sep 2016
Nurses and midwives call for pay rise
Nurses and midwives are calling on the government to end its policy of pay restraint, as...
29 Sep 2016