Ten people who had the “misfortune” of being in hospital when killer nurse Victorino Chua was at large died from unrelated causes, inquests have heard. Chua, 49, was jailed for
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Nursing shifts of 12 hours or more are linked to heightened risk of burnout and job dissatisfaction, according to an international study of more than 31,000 hospital nurses. A survey
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NHS hospital chiefs have warned that “stringent” immigration rules are preventing them hiring nurses for the winter. Ten heads of leading NHS trusts have signed a letter urging the Home
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The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer has risen almost a fifth in a decade but with no extra investment in nursing, a charity has said. Breast Cancer Care
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The nursing union has warned of an “escalating health crisis” among children due to a lack of school nurses. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said school nurses have a
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The number of people working nights has increased to more than three million since the recession and is set to rise further because of plans to extend services and the
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Scottish Care has published a Supplementary Report to their research report on recruitment and retention, ‘In the Front Line’, which was published in June 2015. This Supplementary Report builds on
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A new patient engagement programme that places student nurses at the heart of general practitioner surgery groups in the South West has been unveiled by Plymouth University. In the first
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The use of temporary agency staff in the NHS is not a new story, but recently re-appeared after Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, admitted that hospitals were over
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A new RCN survey reveals that learning disability nurses have serious concerns about the impact that cuts are having on the 1.5 million people living with a learning disability in
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