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Government backs ‘4D tech’ to prevent falls in social care settings
The government has announced that 4D mapping technology, which has the ability to detect falls using sensors and then automatically…
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Progress ‘critical’ on tackling racial discrimination in NHS
Nurses from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background are still far less likely to get hired or promoted –…
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Mental healthcare provider appoints new director of nursing
St Andrew’s Healthcare, which provides services for patients with complex mental health needs in the Midlands and South East of…
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Study finds ‘substantial decline’ in UK cancer deaths over 25 years
Cancer cases among middle-aged men and women have seen a modest rise over the last quarter of a century, but…
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NICU Nurse Couple Adopts Baby Who Was Their Patient
The NICU at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska is where Drew and Taylor Deras met as NICU nurses and fell…
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Call for NHS to do more to deliver services that poor can access
The NHS must become more accessible to those living in poverty, a new report has suggested, but health leaders have…
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Pilot launched in London to develop cancer CNS workforce
Five new senior cancer nurse posts are being created in London to address a “shrinking” number of specialists in the…
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Nurse reveals sexual harassment and whistleblowing ‘nightmare’
A nurse has warned that she has been “crushed and silenced” over a battle with the NHS and the nursing…
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Nursing Times Awards highlights: Patient Safety Improvement
Spotlight on excellence: We wanted to tell you more about how patient safety improvement initiatives are being recognised at the…
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Study links nurse intention to quit with patient mortality
A new study based on data from Italy has suggested a link between higher patient mortality and nurses wanting to…
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