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Growing threat of gonorrhoea becoming untreatable
The rising prevalence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea is a “major public health threat”, sexual health experts have warned. New data from…
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Nurse-developed respiratory device rolled out nationally
An innovative device developed by nurses to administer cystic fibrosis treatment to children has been made available across the NHS.…
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WHO Declares Mpox an International Public Health Emergency, What Nurses Need To Know 2024
Image: CDC.gov The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent Mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern in August…
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West Midlands trust appoints first digital nurse
An NHS trust in the West Midlands has created its first nurse post dedicated to digital transformation. Carrie Calvin has…
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Nurse, Who Allegedly Cut Off Patient’s Foot Without Permission, Has Trial Date Announced
Update 8/14/24 Mary Brown’s trial, which is scheduled for August 19, 2025, is expected to last four days. She faces…
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Mary Seacole statue defaced in ‘despicable racist vandalism’
A beloved statue of a once-forgotten 19th-century Black nurse has been graffitied in what has been described as an act…
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Nurses and midwives demand anti-racist action from PM
Nurses, midwives, doctors and other healthcare workers have written to the government demanding immediate action against racism and Islamophobia, after…
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Former RCN chair loses employment tribunal
The former chair of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Dave Dawes, has lost his employment tribunal against the college.…
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Georgia to regulate nursing in landmark law change
Nursing and midwifery will be regulated in Georgia for the first time in the country’s history, the World Health Organization…
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Chief executive moving to different nursing charity
The head of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) has announced she will step down to run a charity supporting…
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