Patient safety could be at risk because doctors, nurses and dentists from the EU are not facing stringent enough language tests, leading medics have said. In just one year, 29
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The NHS doesn’t have enough nurses, nor are enough being trained to meet future demand. And yet the government has confirmed it is scrapping nursing bursaries, which cover the cost
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Recruitment and retention difficulties have reached a critical point within the nursing home and the social care nursing sector. Why do nurses come into the sector and what makes them
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Three nurses who faked blood sugar readings of their patients have been struck off the nursing register for good. Rebecca Jones, 31, Lauro Bertulano, 46, and 42-year-old Natalie Jones were
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Three nurses caught faking blood sugar readings of vulnerable patients face being struck off the nursing register for good. Rebecca Jones, 31, and Lauro Bertulano, 46, were both jailed last
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A hospital nurse who murdered two patients and poisoned others has failed in a bid to challenge his conviction and sentence. Victorino Chua was jailed for life with a minimum
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Losing EU funding for medical research could cost the lives of some vulnerable children, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has said. In a plea to the Government to secure a
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Some 33,000 nurses trained in the EU are registered to work in the UK, figures show. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) data, obtained by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN),
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Health bodies and unions have reacted angrily after the Government confirmed plans to axe bursaries for student nurses and midwives. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the changes were
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The Scottish Government has doubled the number of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) clinical specialist nurses, Public Health Minster Aileen Campbell has said. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pledged to improve MND
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