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A hospital's award-winning scheme - which helps patients recover faster from surgery side effects by keeping them hydrated pre-operation - is being shared nationwide.
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Nine in ten of England's 50 largest NHS hospital trusts are not staffed with nurses to the level planned by their own management, the RCN says.
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Hospital Administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/supply & distribution , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/organization & administration , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/statistics & numerical data , State Medicine/organization & administration , State Medicine/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , United KingdomABSTRACT
Nine out of ten of England's 50 largest NHS hospital trusts are not staffed with nurses to the level planned by their own management, the RCN said.
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Nurses have called for improvements to the care of children with autism in hospitals and the community. About 1% of children in the UK have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which affects social interaction, behaviour and communication. However, as healthcare services are pushed to breaking point, support for such children is dwindling, the RCN warns.
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England could see a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020, equivalent to 12% of the workforce, according to a new report.
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Health visitors in England are feeling the impact of public health budget cuts, with 85% saying their workload has increased.
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Security staff at a London hospital trust are being given body cameras after attacks on nurses and other frontline workers rose by almost one third in the past year.
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Emergency Service, Hospital , Security Measures , Videotape Recording , Violence , Humans , London , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The number of candidates to be trained in the new nursing associate role is set to double to 2,000, following 'huge interest' in the scheme.
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Adult social care is approaching tipping point, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned.
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Nursing Homes/statistics & numerical data , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , England , Humans , Quality of Health CareABSTRACT
Removing the student bursary from next year is sending nursing into 'uncharted territory', England's chief nursing officer (CNO) Jane Cummings said.
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The RCN has warned that emergency departments (EDs) in England are 'buckling' under rising demand and a 'drastic shortage' of nurses.
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Crowding , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Nursing Staff, Hospital/supply & distribution , England , Humans , Seasons , State MedicineABSTRACT
Workplace discrimination against black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses and other health workers is an 'astonishing and profoundly unacceptable' waste of talent, the RCN has said.
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Three nurses who faked patients' blood sugar readings have been removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
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European Union nurses remain 'an integral and appreciated' part of the NHS, England's chief nurse has said in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote.
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'Aggressive' public health cuts are putting patients at risk, frontline nurses have warned.
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Progress towards creating 1,000 nursing associates by 2017 has gathered pace.
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Government plans to scrap the bursary for nursing, midwifery and other health students could cost the NHS 2,000 recruits a year, a new report warns.
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Leading nurses have expressed their frustration at the latest figures revealing the scale of delays in discharging older people from hospital.
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Two thirds of nurses would not have joined the profession had a bursary not been available during training, a major new survey has revealed.
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RCN congress 2016 is different from previous years for many reasons. It is the first time the event has been held in Glasgow, and this year marks the RCN's centenary. For Janet Davies, it is her first congress since being appointed RCN general secretary in July 2015.
