Almost half of general practice nursing staff in England received no pay rise for the last year despite the promise of a 6% increase, a study suggests. The Royal College
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A grieving father whose baby daughter died due to maternity failings has said he feels “worthless” following a Supreme Court ruling likely to bar him from claiming compensation. Robert Miller’s
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A former nurse who “used his position” to sexually assault an 85-year-old woman in her home has been jailed for four and a half years, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
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An NHS nurse allegedly sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman whom he had cared for after she suffered a fall, a court has heard. Steven Hicks is accused of attending the
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Hospitals in England have spent more than £3 billion on agency nurses in the last few years, according to new data. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) gathered figures under
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A person posing as a nurse entered a hospital ward, helped staff with a patient and then made off with personal information from 14 patients, a watchdog has found. Police
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There is a growing number of nursing staff who are expressing suicidal thoughts, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The college is calling for greater investment in support
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Failures in language interpretation in the NHS were linked to about 80 babies coming to harm, with some even dying, according to an investigation. BBC Radio 4’s File On 4
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A national system to ensure doctors and nurses act on parents’ concerns when they feel their child’s health is deteriorating is to be introduced by NHS England in a move
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Families whose babies have died or been harmed at the hands of the NHS have come together to call for a full statutory inquiry into England’s maternity services. The Maternity
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