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• RCN president warns immigration reforms could destabilise social care

  28-09-2026 17:32 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Royal College of Nursing (RCN) president Bejoy Sebastian has renewed calls for the home secretary to scrap proposed immigration reforms for care workers, arguing they are incompatible with ambitions for a national care service and could further destabilise social care. Under the proposals, foreign care workers on health and social care visas would face a...Read moreThe post RCN president warns immigration reforms could destabilise social care appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Nurses caught ‘snooping’ on patient records will be suspended immediately, warns NHSE

  28-09-2026 17:01 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Nurses and health professionals suspected of accessing patient records ‘improperly and unlawfully’ will be suspended immediately, NHS England (NHSE) has warned. Chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to NHS trusts outlining his expectations that staff under suspicion of ‘snooping’ will have their access to NHS systems ‘cut off immediately’ while they are investigated. NHSE...Read moreThe post Nurses caught ‘snooping’ on patient records will be
  
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• Health visitors win job evaluation after industrial action

  28-09-2026 16:24 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Health visitors employed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GCC) have halted industrial action after the health board agreed to complete a job evaluation process. The health board has agreed to the evaluation two years after health visiting team leaders in the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership claim they first updated their...Read moreThe post Health visitors win job evaluation after industrial action appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Leeds review sets out terms of reference for investigation

  28-09-2026 16:18 via gov.uk
  
  Independent review into Leeds maternity and neonatal care sets out terms of reference for investigation.
  
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• PM pledges to put NHS-style care service plans before electorate

  28-09-2026 15:58 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Plans for an NHS-style national care service, free at the point of delivery, will be in the Labour manifesto ahead of the next general election, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged. In a BBC interview, Mr Burnham warned that ‘broken social care will break the National Health Service if we leave it like it is’...Read moreThe post PM pledges to put NHS-style care service plans before electorate appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Guidance: Independent review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: terms of reference

  28-09-2026 15:17 via gov.uk
  
  Terms of reference for the independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
  
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• Implementing Benedict’s law: guidance from a school nurse

  28-09-2026 12:41 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Following the launch of new statutory allergy safety guidance this month, all state-maintained schools, academies and free schools are expected to meet a number of requirements relating to staff allergy training and allergy safety policies, among other things. School nurse Jane Graham explains how her group of schools put the new requirements into practice. The...Read moreThe post Implementing Benedict’s law: guidance from a school nurse appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• A quicker way to work through patient symptoms

  28-09-2026 12:20 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Tiredness. Calf pain. A persistent cough. An unfamiliar rash. In primary care, a seemingly straightforward symptom can have a long list of possible causes. Nursing in Practice Reference is designed to help nurses work through them. The free online clinical resource gives nurses quick access to practical information on symptoms and conditions commonly encountered in...Read moreThe post A quicker way to work through patient symptoms appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Semaglutide linked to 40% reduction in asthma attacks

  28-09-2026 11:48 via nursinginpractice.com
  
  Weight loss and diabetes treatment semaglutide is associated with a nearly 40% reduction in asthma attacks among people with the condition, according to new analysis. The research, led by Dr Chloe Bloom, clinical associate professor in respiratory epidemiology at the National Heart & Lung Institute at Imperial College London, was presented by Dr Bohee Lee...Read moreThe post Semaglutide linked to 40% reduction in asthma attacks appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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