'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' Nursing Times news archive
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Dahl charity offers nurses innovation grants
Research grants are being made available to nurses by a children’s charity set up by the author of George’s Marvellous Medicine and other well known books.
Community heart nurse to join torch relay
A Bradford community heart nurse is one of at least four nurses set to carry the Olympic Torch this summer.
South West trusts set up regional 'pay cartel'
Sixteen trusts in the south west are seeking to move away from Agenda for Change and have formed a consortium to lead regional negotiation on pay, terms and conditions.
Nursing lecturers to train nurses in Malawi
Nurses in Malawi are to be trained by staff from the University of East Anglia’s School of Nursing Sciences.
Multiple abortion data revealed
Terminations were given to three teenage girls in England and Wales who had previously had at least seven pregnancies terminated, latest figures reveal.
HPV screening trial recommended
Cervical disease screening came under scrutiny when the UK National Screening Committee met last month.
Cameron announces patient rating system
Patients will be able to rate the treatment they receive in hospitals to ensure that people are treated with dignity and respect on wards, it will be announced today.
Essex nurse to be Olympics first responder
A nurse from Colchester General Hospital has been chosen to be a medical first responder at the London Olympics.
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Telehealth patient benefits 'obvious'
The benefits of communications technology for patients with long term conditions “are obvious”, according to a set of guidance launched at RCN Congress.
Coroner finds 'failings' in Mid Staffs twin deaths
A coroner has ruled there were failings in the care of twin babies who died after nurses at Stafford Hospital gave them a massive overdose of morphine.
Crackdown on public sector off-payroll salaries
Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has stressed that everyone in the public sector “should be on the payroll and paying the correct amount of tax”.
Anaphylactic shock injectors recalled
Healthcare professionals are being advised that an adrenaline injector used to treat anaphylactic shock has been recalled by its licence holder.
Calcium supplements may 'increase heart attack risk'
Calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, may double the risk of having a heart attack, a study has found.
Mental health nurses protest at car park charge
More than 100 nurses and health workers have staged a lunchtime protest against the introduction of parking charges for patients and staff at Springfield University Hospital in South London.
Mental distraction may reduce patients' pain
Mental distraction really can reduce pain, and the effect is not just in the mind, research has shown.
New system tracks learning disability patients
A new patient-tracking system has been introduced by Sussex Community Trust to help patients with learning disabilities in West Sussex get targeted specialist support on admission.
Nurses petition government over NMC fee plans
Anger at the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s proposed fee hike has led a group of nurses to petition the government to intervene.
Top nurse to lead influential NHS group
Former nurse Dame Julie Moore is to become chair of the Shelford Group, which represents the 10 most prestigious and powerful acute trusts in England.
NHS Employers announces equality and diversity partners
The NHS Employers organisation today announces that 12 organisations, including four newly-established clinical commissioning groups, have been chosen as Equality and Diversity Partners for the NHS for the year ahead.
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Growth charts boost child BMI accuracy
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New infection threats emerging to replace MRSA and C. diff
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NICE calls for better communication on opioid treatment
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Nurses 'need more advice over back pain'
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NHS staff diabetes training varies across England
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MPs call for mandatory HCA regulation
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GMB members overwhelmingly reject pension deal
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Hospital work experience scheme to be extended
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BAPEN calls for Lansley to collaborate on malnutrition strategy
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NICE calls for women over 40 to be given IVF
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RCM launches cuts-monitoring website
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Teesside neonatal nurse to carry Olympic torch
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Children’s nursing revolutionary receives honorary award
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NMC admits to finding FtP errors in nursing register
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Nurses kept on hold by the NMC
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Lansley outlines new NHS information strategy
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Route map launched to help vasculitis treatment
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Parents 'underestimate meningitis risks'
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Rosemary Cook to leave Queen's Nursing Institute
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Unhappy members force RCN to halt structural review
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Olympic 999 call changes to prioritise most critically ill
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Third of heart risk patients not using cholesterol drugs - BHF
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Cameron defends parenting classes for newly expecting
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'It doesn't matter' where health visitors are based, says Lansley
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NMC proposes 60% hike in registration fee
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RCN prepared to battle government over regional pay plans
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More midwives could work in community
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Pearson: Poor care 'can't be dismissed as one-off events'
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Health visitors to be trained to spot postnatal depression
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Third of diabetes patients experience drug errors in hospital
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New guidance on orthopaedic pin sites
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College pledges to defend ‘human rights’ of nurses
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Nurses want employers to allow mandatory training within working hours
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PM's Commission on Nursing 'not in vain'
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Miliband: Attacks on nursing are 'totally unfair'
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RCN delegates reject compulsory winter flu jab
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Three quarters of learning disability nurses have witnessed service cuts
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One-to-one midwifery care to combat postnastal depression
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RCN issues dermatitis guidance for glove use
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RCN outlines staffing needed for 'safe' care of older people
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Congress rejects plan to pay people to be healthier
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Academic attacks media 'myths' about nursing profession
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Camera technology may be used to monitor hospital hand hygiene
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RCN members denounce 'cuts in name of transformation'
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Miliband commits to national nursing pay - but not to saving pensions
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Fees row between RCN and global nursing federation
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Nursing academics ‘must be supported’
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IUDs 'more effective' emergency contraception than morning after pill
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Healthcare staff 'fail to support dying patients'
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Nursing Times Learning unit explores falls prevention
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Nurses should be recruited on 'caring' values
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NHS London reviewing plan to reduce number of student nursing places
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Trust introduces 'ward matrons' to boost nurse leadership
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'Unfit' nurses could avoid FtP hearing
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Carter: 'It's never been tougher for nurses'
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Lansley faces cuts and pensions complaints at RCN congress
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Cancer Research study shows importance of patient helpline services
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Patients warned of blood clot risk
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Botox closer to being approved for migraine treatment
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Community nursing 'overburdened', warns RCN
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COPD project scoops best practice award
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RCN warns of treatment in corridors and long trolley waits
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Trust introduces pledge as part of new nursing strategy
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New nursing director for Tameside Hospital
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Vaginal ring and skin patch contraception linked to blood clot risk
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Most people prefer to die where they live but 50% die in hospital
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Induced birth 'reduces risk of infant death'
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Next CNO calls on nurses to spread best practice
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Nurses Day celebrated in Westminster Abbey
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Health workers strike over NHS pension proposals
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Nearly three quarters people with osteoarthritis in constant pain
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Call for nurses to teach Buteyko asthma technique
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B12's effects on gestational diabetes investigated
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London NHS panel backs closing minister's local A&E
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Aintree trust to assess nursing staff levels
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'Ward matrons' to manage care 24/7 at Sandwell trust
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NMC consults on proposed changes to FtP process
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Millions of cancers 'caused by infection'
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NICE warn against 'derogatory' use of obese
