News incl. lifesciences, animals, wildlife & nature
from or mentioning Northern Ireland (UK)
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Agency consulting on sustainable fish advice
Nursing students struggling in tough financial times
Almost three quarters of UK nursing students have had to get a second job just so they could afford to study and nearly half have considered leaving their course altogether, according to a report f...
500 reasons to celebrate the Eat Safe award
The Eat Safe award scheme has become a great success in Northern Ireland where the number of eating establishments awarded the Eat Safe logo has reached 500. From hotels, residential homes, schools...
Terrence Higgins Trust pushes for home HIV test kits to be made available in UK
Terrence Higgins Trust is urging the UK Government to change the law to let people buy and use home test kits for HIV. This is just one of '25 Things' that THT is asking the Government to do in its...
A third of nurses working alone in the community have been assaulted or harassed in last two years
More than one third of UK nurses working alone have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years according to a survey released today by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The survey of nearly...
Student nurses left unsupervised in charge of patients, warns RCN (UK)
Student nurses are being left in sole charge of patients during clinical placements, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). More than 1,500 student nurses from across the UK w...
Nurses' damning report spells out devastating effects of NHS financial crisis
More than 22,300 NHS posts have been lost in the last 18 months because of the financial crisis hitting the health service, according to a new report fromthe Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
RCN warns of dark mood among UK nurses over proposed pay cut
More than ten thousand nurses have bombarded MPs with letters protesting at this year’s pay cut for nurses and other health care workers to date. It comes as the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) un...
Struggle of black and minority ethnic and international nurses (UK)
A recent report from Employment Research Ltd commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) indicates that Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and Internationally Recruited Nurses (IRN) are more li...
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...
BMA(NI) calls for immediate action to stop violence against doctors
The BMA's survey of medics in Northern Ireland (NI) indicates that about 40% of physicians said they had personally experienced violence in the past year. Most of those reported being verbally abus...
