Nurses have slammed “draconian” rules which stop them from drinking water during their shifts. Many say are unable to take breaks to eat or drink water due to staff shortages
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The boss of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has stepped down days before a review into the regulator’s handling of the Morecambe Bay scandal is due to be published.
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Leading nurses warn that the Spice epidemic sweeping British prisons is putting nursing staff at risk. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which is holding its annual congress in Belfast,
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NHS trusts in England spent more than £1.4 billion last year on temporary nursing staff due to shortages, a study has found. The bill was enough to pay the salaries
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Apps which allow NHS workers to book onto empty shifts could be rolled out across the country to reduce reliance on “expensive agency staff”. Under the trial, thousands of doctors,
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Golden hellos of £10,000 will be used to attract students to hard-to-recruit nursing disciplines, the Government has said as Labour failed to overturn wider cuts. Health minister Steve Barclay said
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Cutting the nursing bursary scheme has been a “false economy” for the NHS, a Labour MP has warned. Stella Creasy raised concerns over the nursing vacancy rate, a decline in
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Schwartz Center Rounds® were created from an idea by Kenneth B. Schwartz – who passed away in 1995 from lung cancer, aged 40. A few months before Kenneth B. Schwartz
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A syndicate of 15 hospital nurses are celebrating after scooping £1 million in the National Lottery. Each member of The Winning Nurses Syndicate pocketed more than £66,666 after matching one
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Specialist cancer nurses are being “run ragged”, with high vacancy rates meaning patients may not be receiving the level of specialist care they need, a report has suggested. Macmillan Cancer
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