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Northern Irish women will have abortions in England funded by government

Abortions will now be free for women in Northern Ireland when they travel to England to have them, the government has announced following a vote on the Queen’s speech

Six in 10 CCGs failing to meet talking therapy targets

Nurses could help turn more people onto talking therapies as more than half of all CCGs are revealed to be missing their targets for getting people with mental health problems into counselling

'The time is up': Promises to lift pay cap from Scottish government

The Scottish government has indicated it plans to lift the pay cap, according to the finance secretary

Government may withdraw promise of 10,000 new student nurses, universities say

Fears have abounded that the government may be quietly stepping away from a promise to provide 10,000 new nursing degree places

Retention project kicks off as NHS losing nurses at 'alarming rate'

‘A very good start’ has been made by NHS Improvement to retain nurses in their positions as more and more choose to leave their jobs

'Bitter disappointment' as MPs vote to keep the pay cap

MPs rejected an amendment to the Queen’s speech which would have seen the public sector pay cap lifted in a Parliamentary vote

More sick days taken than ever as nurses 'feel the strain' of budget limitations

Nurses and other NHS staff are taking more sick days than ever, according to data provided by the Health Minister

New 'flexibility' gets two drugs on Cancer Drugs Fund early

‘Greater flexibility’ has seen two new drugs be made available on the Cancer Drugs Fund following questions about its effectiveness

General practice nurse the UK's most trusted profession, but more are 'desperately needed'

General practice nurses are the most trusted profession in the UK, according to the Royal College of Nursing

MPs to vote on public sector pay cap in Queen's speech debate

The cap on nurses’ and other public sector workers’ pay will be voted on in Parliament today as MPs meet to discuss amendments to the Queen’s speech

'Summer of protest' begins with nurses engaged in nationwide action

A ‘summer of protest’ has begun for nurses as the government is accused of ‘trying to run the NHS on nothing but fumes’ by the head of the British Medical Association

Cross-party MPs join in bid to give abortion rights to Northern Irish women

Midwives have come out in support of MPs who have put forward an amendment to the Queen’s speech which would allow women from Northern Ireland to receive abortions on the NHS in England

Mothers at risk of postnatal psychosis 'must be engaged'

Suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death, according to a doctor leading calls to transform services related to perinatal psychosis

HIV rates drop for first time

The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV has fallen for the first time since the epidemic began, according to data from Eurosurveillance

UK stillbirth rate falls, but 'still much more to do'

The stillbirth rate in the UK fell by almost 8% from 2013 to 2015, according to a report from MBRRACE-UK

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