The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said it will ‘closely’ monitor the implementation of a delayed pay rise for general practice nurses (GPNs) in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has confirmed to Nursing in Practice that health minister Robin Swann has ‘approved funding’ for a 6% increase for general practice...
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March saw the highest number of measles cases yet this year as the outbreak continues to spread around the country. The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency showed there were 299 laboratory confirmed cases of measles in March. This is higher than the 274 cases seen in January when officials declared a national incident...
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Three GP surgeries in North Lincolnshire had to suddenly close last week after the police alerted them of a ‘threat’. Trent View Medical Practice, which runs three sites in Skippingdale, Keadby and Crowle, was told by Humberside Police on Friday that the force had received ‘intelligence of a threat’ concerning the practices. It said that...
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A leading professor of nursing has been appointed as the first director of the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN’s) new Institute of Nursing Excellence. Professor Jane Ball will lead the new institute which aims to ‘bring together’ different parts and functions of the RCN as a centre of excellence for education, learning, research and policy....
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