Plans to create 2,000 “nursing associate” roles across England have been announced by health officials. The first 1,000 nursing associates, who will deliver “hands-on” care for patients, are due to
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Professor Fiona Nolan has taken up her position as Florence Nightingale Foundation Chair in Clinical Mental Health Nursing Practice Research at the University of Essex. The new Professorship, in the School
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Nursing leaders have warned that the NHS “would not cope” without staff from abroad, as new figures suggest the number of EU nationals joining NHS hospitals has soared. Around one
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Allegations against nurses and midwives will no longer be available for public scrutiny ahead of disciplinary hearings, a regulator has said. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which was criticised
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Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are being used as “nurses on the cheap”, with some working beyond their expertise, according to a new report. Despite a lack of training, HCAs are often
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The Department of Health have published a revised edition of ‘Making a difference in dementia, nursing vision and strategy’ which sets out the role and responsibilities for nurses providing care
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Thousands of parents of sick or premature babies are being prevented from having close involvement in their child’s hospital care because of a lack of support services, a new report
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A nurse who survived Ebola has been cleared of misconduct over her return to the UK with the virus, saying she would never have knowingly put anyone in danger. Pauline
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School nurses are spending so much time on paperwork that children who are being abused or neglected could be missed, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield warned
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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey is facing a disciplinary hearing linked to her return to the UK with the virus. The case of the Scottish medical worker, who was infected with
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