Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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The RCN will begin lobbying European Union politicians and officials in the autumn to exclude health services from a controversial free trade agreement being negotiated between Europe and the United States.
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Nurses are among a team of 14 health professionals who have gone to Gaza as part of a humanitarian NHS mission.
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Burgers, chips and fatty foods being served up in hospital canteens could soon become a thing of the past, if Simon Stevens gets his way.
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Essential facts [Figure: see text] HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system and leaves people less able to fight infection. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), an estimated 98,400 people were living with HIV in the UK in 2012, but one in five of them did not know they were carrying the virus. If those people were identified and treated, then a further 3,500 cases of HIV transmission could be prevented within five years.