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from or mentioning England (UK)
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High Court ruling on Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) List, UK
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has won a judicial review test case about the operation of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) Scheme. This scheme was created by the Secretary of State fo...
Massage may help infants sleep more, cry less and be less stressed
Research from Warwick University in England suggests that massage may help infants aged under six months to sleep better, cry less and be less stressed. The research team considered nine studies in...
Independent UK research proves link between nurse numbers and patient mortality
Patients staying in hospitals where there are fewer nurses on the wards are more likely to die or experience complications, according to a major new study launched at the Royal College of Nursing (...
More independence for people with diabetes thanks to unique diabetes course for hospital staff
Warwick Diabetes Care, part of the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School has just launched this pioneering, accredited, 'Management of Diabetes in Hospital Clinical Areas' course (MDHCA) w...
RCN petition highlights public feeling on worsening NHS deficits (UK)
One year after the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) first warned about the impact of NHS deficits, the number of NHS posts that may be lost is set to top 20,000.
Specialist nurses must not be targets in deficits crisis - RCN and Bowel Cancer UK
The RCN and Bowel Cancer UK surveyed nurses working in gastroenterology and stoma care across the UK. A total of 460 nurses responded to the survey, with 47% having experience of either their own p...
Highly qualified, highly respected but an uncertain future for nurse practitioners (UK)
A survey of over a thousand nurse practitioners suggests that the financial crisis in the NHS affects them. Almost half say they are increasingly having to absorb other people's workload and in spi...
