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How the Commission For Nurse Reimbursement is Fighting for Fair Pay
This is a guest article written by Melissa Mills, BSN, RN, Executive Director of The Commission For Nurse Reimbursement. Nurses…
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Northern Ireland consultation on safer nurse staffing opens
A consultation on safe and effective staffing for nurses and other healthcare staff has been launched for Northern Ireland. Northern…
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Trailblazing nurse spends 80th birthday at UK hospital where she trained
Agnes Musikavanhu has returned to Morriston Hospital to celebrate her 80th birthday, more than 60 years after she first went…
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RCN renews calls for nurses to become band 6 after preceptorship
The proposed changes to the national NHS job profiles for nurses “do not go far enough” to recognise the skills…
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Open letter on women’s and sexual health backed by nurses
Nurses are among the signatories on an open letter to the government calling for improvements to sexual and reproductive healthcare,…
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Duncan Burton appointed chief nursing officer for England
The new chief nursing officer (CNO) for England has today been announced. Duncan Burton, formerly deputy CNO, will replace Dame…
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Harms from NSAIDs scripts in high-risk groups costing NHS millions
Prescribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to patients at high risk of harm from them is estimated to cost the NHS…
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Fitness to practise: 16 die by suicide while under investigation
A total of 16 nurses and midwives are known to have died by suicide in the last six years while…
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Nurses help boost dementia diagnoses but ‘more to be done’
Dementia nursing leaders have welcomed an increase in diagnoses, but say patients need greater access to specialist nurses. NHS England…
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NMC chair defends leadership position amid calls to resign
The chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has defended his position at the regulator, despite ongoing calls for…
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