Chancellor must use spending review to fund future nurses
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Chancellor must use spending review to fund future nurses

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.independentnurse.co.uk/news/chancellor-must-use-spending-review-to-fund-future-nurses/218706/ By  Alex Turnbull The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling on the Chancellor to tackle the crisis in the funding of nursing further education in the government spending review due next month. According to the RCN, the latest figures on acceptances to nursing degree courses show the numbers…

Give nurses body cameras to prevent assaults, NHS staff plead
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Give nurses body cameras to prevent assaults, NHS staff plead

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/14/give-nurses-body-cameras-prevent-assaults-nhs-staff-plead/ By Rosie Taylor Nurses should be given body cameras to prevent assaults by violent patients, a conference heard. Increasing levels of violence in A&E and on hospital wards meant staff needed better protection, nurses told the Royal College of Nursing Congress on Monday. They revealed how they had been attacked and even held…

Recruitment crisis as student nurse application numbers fall

Recruitment crisis as student nurse application numbers fall

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://news.sky.com/story/recruitment-crisis-as-student-nurse-application-numbers-fall-11317181 By Sky News RCN says more incentives are needed to attract people into the profession. The Royal College of Nursing has called for a national recruitment campaign as the latest figures show a fall in applicants for student places. There have been 43,700 UCAS undergraduate applications for nursing courses, a…

One in three sick notes are for mental health problems, ‘alarming’ report shows

One in three sick notes are for mental health problems, ‘alarming’ report shows

ByMatthew Betteridge

One in three “sick notes” handed out by GPs are now for mental health problems, amid soaring levels of anxiety across Britain, official figures show. The new data – from the first such investigation across the NHS – reveals that in total, more than 5 million people are being signed off work every year. Mental…