RCN Scotland Manifesto Calls On The Next Scottish Government To Value Nursing Properly
More than three quarters (78%) of Scots believe there are not enough nursing staff to provide safe and effective care in Scotland’s health and care…
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Nurses
Berkshire Care Home Staff Obtains Queen’s Nurse Award For High Standards Of Care
Emily Rock, Clinical Nurse Manager at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Court, in Wokingham, has achieved the prestigious title of Queen’s…
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NHS “Ready for Double Whammy” of Winter Flu-demic and Strikes
The NHS is facing an unprecedented flu wave this winter with “no peak in sight yet” according to England’s top emergency care doctor. Latest Figures…
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Service User Ambassadors Inspire Delegates At Nursing Live
Residents from Exemplar Health Care made history at this year’s Nursing Live conference, becoming the first people with lived experience to host a full panel…
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Nursing Staff Feel More Undervalued Than Ever, Major RCN Survey Reveals
Nursing staff across the UK feel more undervalued than at any point in the past decade, according to the latest Royal College of Nursing employment…
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Care Staff Falling Ill as Understaffing Takes Its Toll
Hospitals and care homes in the UK are so short-staffed that nursing staff are continuing to work while unwell, with stress the leading cause of…
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Anenta Urges Action To Protect Care And Nursing Home Staff From Dangers Of Hazardous Medical Waste
A new academic report from the University of Oradea has placed a spotlight on the urgent need for the adoption of better prevention, training, and…
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First-Year Nursing Students from the University of Nottingham Visit Coppice Lodge
HC-One’s Coppice Lodge Care Home in Arnold, Nottingham, recently welcomed a group of first-year nursing students from the University of Nottingham for an engaging learning…
Read more...New Internship Programme Awards £10.5 Million To Help Build Research Careers
NIHR has funded 12 regional programmes to develop and deliver innovative research internship programmes to inspire registered health and social care professionals to build a…
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NHS Providers and NHS Confederation Confirm Merger
NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have today confirmed plans to merge, paving the way for a new organisation to represent frontline NHS organisations across…
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1 in 4 District Nurses Leave NHS, Putting Care Shift Plans in Jeopardy
Government plans to move more NHS care into the community and out of hospitals won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the dire…
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Scottish Government “Steps in” to Sponsor Visas for Foreign Care Workers
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in a bold move to counter Westminster’s…
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Social Care Sector Responds to Latest Workforce Data
Sector leaders have offered a cautiously optimistic response to today’s publication of Skills for Care’s annual workforce data report, with many welcoming signs of progress…
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Dementia UK Launches New Admiral Nurse Clinic To Support Black, African And Caribbean Communities
Specialist dementia nursing charity Dementia UK has launched a new Admiral Nurse Clinic to specifically support families affected by dementia from Black, African and Caribbean communities….
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Plan to Deport Legal Migrants “Potentially Catastrophic” Warns Social Care Champion
A social care champion says Reform UK’s “potentially catastrophic” plan to threaten legal immigrants with deportation would put vulnerable people at risk in Wales. Mario…
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