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Hunt agrees new powers for NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to get new powers designed to speed up the fitness to practise process in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire scandal, it has been announced.
Senior nurses feel quality not priority in the NHS
Nearly half of senior nurses believe leadership in the NHS is poor while most say not enough priority is given to quality of care, according to a new survey.
Poor care 'still haunts campaigner'
Campaigner Julie Bailey said she still lies awake at night haunted by the poor care her mother suffered at the hands of the NHS.
Concern over NHS bed occupancy rate
NHS bed occupancy rates soared above safe levels for the first three months of this year, official figures show.
Community nursing 'failing people'
The state of community nursing in the NHS in England is “lamentable”, the RCN has warned.
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Retired nurse wins award for global sight-saving work
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Slight decline in number of avoidable deaths
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Calcium increases women's life expectancy, study shows
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Fish oil 'may lower diabetes risk'
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New overactive bladder drug approved for use in Scotland
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New chief nurse at Medway trust
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Nurses offered £150,000 prize for dementia innovation
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NICE launches draft guidance to reduce harm from drips
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Cancer not a wake up call for survivors
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Iodine deficiency in pregnancy 'a key public health issue'
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COPD patients suffer pain 'on par with arthritis'
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Safety not guaranteed at 18 A&Es amid 'toxic overcrowding', warn clinicians
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Government marks progress towards health visitor target
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NICE updates guidance on assessing and treating fever in children
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Exclusive: NHS chief exec David Nicholson to retire next March
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Nursing Times Awards 2013 entry deadline extended
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GP practices to be rated by new inspector, says government
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Hospitals 'dangerously full', claims Labour
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Mediterranean diet may protect cognitive function in older patients
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Anorexia and bulimia cases outnumbered by other eating disorders
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