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Terms set for strategic review of nursing regulator
Initial recommendations from the strategic review into the Nursing and Midwifery Council are expected in April.
RCN: CCGs should not appoint inexperienced nurses to board roles
Nurses selected to sit on the boards of clinical commissioning groups must have “significant experience” of the whole healthcare system and “proven managerial capability”, according to guidance due to be published by the Royal College of Nursing.
Nurses to spread vitamin D news to pregnant women and parents
Health professionals have been urged to make pregnant women, the over-65s and parents of young children aware of the risks of vitamin D deficiency.
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Soft drinks 'increase asthma risk'
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Did you miss our webchat today about C4's "Confessions of a Nurse"? Read it again
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Diabetes 'raises birth defect risk'
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London hospitals told they could slash nursing bill by £421m
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Breast cancer drug exemestane may increase fracture risk
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First infection control guidance for surgery in primary care
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GPs failing on new standard for practice nurse training
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Mothers and babies still at 'significant' risk at Morecambe Bay
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RCN and CQC back call to improve patient admission data
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Private deal puts onus on nursing to save Hinchingbrooke
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Scrapping health bill could save 6,000 nursing posts, says Labour
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Teenagers should get meningitis C booster
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