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Nurses win redundancy pay after hospital closure
Nursing staff who lost their jobs when England’s last learning disability specialist hospital was closed earlier this month have won…
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Nurses ‘increasingly stressed’ by having to treat patients on trolleys
Leaving patients on trolleys in hospital corridors is both “unsafe and undignified” and is also having a negative impact on…
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Opioids in pregnancy ‘not linked’ to high risk of child disorders
The “cautious” prescribing of opioids during pregnancy does not seem to be associated with a substantial increase in the risk…
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Women with heart disease ‘less likely’ to receive drugs than men
Women with heart disease are less often treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs, including statins, than men, according to Swedish researchers. The…
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Average NHS nurse took entire week off sick last year due to stress
Every single nurse in the NHS in England took the equivalent of a week off work last year due to…
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US to implement minimum nurse staffing levels in care homes
A new law dictating minimum registered nurse staffing ratios in care homes in the US has been unveiled by the…
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Nurses Protest AI Use In Healthcare, “Trust Nurses, Not AI”
Hundreds of registered nurses from the California Nurses Association took to the streets in protest outside Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco…
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NICE gives green light to life-extending drug combo for brain cancer
Children and teenagers with an aggressive form of brain cancer are set to benefit after a new life-extending drug combination…
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Scholarship ‘changed my life’ says nursing graduate who lost husband
Gloria Ludlow, who was awarded a first class honours in BSc Adult Nursing, despite losing her husband part way through…
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Ukraine: e-bikes donated to help nurses travel in war-torn Donetsk
A new scheme has been launched that provides e-bikes to help nurses visit patients in war-torn areas of Ukraine. Global…
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