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Guidance: NMC issue new code of standards for nurses

By Iain MacDonald3rd February 2015Reports & Resources

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published a revised Code which places public expectations at the heart of good nursing and midwifery practice. The Code will be sent to

Nurses & healthcare staff working 4 hours unpaid every week

By The Press Association2nd February 2015News England

A campaign is being launched to highlight the extra hours of unpaid work nursing staff are putting in every week. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said nurses were “propping

Ebola nurse tells of fight to live

By The Press Association26th January 2015News Scotland

The Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola has revealed how the illness took her from wondering “what all the fuss was about” to the brink of death. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was

New funding for specialist nurses in Scotland

By Iain MacDonald7th January 2015News Scotland

An extra £2.5 million will be invested in specialist nursing and care, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first allocation of the new funding package, £700,000, will go towards

Charity pledges investigation into Ebola case

By The Press Association5th January 2015News Scotland

Save the Children has said a review into how a British nurse – who is in a critical condition in a north London hospital with Ebola – had contracted the

Figures reveal 80% of new nurses hired from overseas

By The Press Association17th December 2014News England

Four out of five nurses hired in NHS hospitals in the last year were recruited from overseas, new figures suggest. Three quarters of all 140 acute hospital trusts in England

Doubt cast on Glasgow nurse’s conviction

By The Press Association16th December 2014News Scotland

New scientific evidence casts fresh doubt on the conviction of a nurse who was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for murdering four elderly women and attempting to kill

Care experience ‘not key to nursing’

By The Press Association8th December 2014News Scotland

Previous caring experience does not make students better nurses, a new study suggests. Researchers said nursing students with care experience are less likely to perform better academically and clinically than

Workers ‘profoundly troubled’ over end-of-life care wishes

By The Press Association3rd November 2014News England

A third of nurses have been unable to fulfil their patients’ dying wishes because they do not have enough time, according to a survey. Many healthcare workers are “profoundly troubled”

Scots charity introduce new nursing structure

By Iain MacDonald3rd November 2014News Scotland

Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is introducing a new nursing structure to their care plan which will ensure the charity have the right skills, resources and expertise to support and

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Guidance: NMC issue new code of standards for nurses