Three trusts want to move bank nurses to an agency, slashing employer pension contributions
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Three trusts want to move bank nurses to an agency, slashing employer pension contributions
Are employers doing enough to protect staff who handle chemotherapy medicines?
RCN also suggests a student loan forgiveness scheme and other strategies to retain new nurses
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RCN also suggests a student loan forgiveness scheme and other strategies to retain new nurses
Questions asked as report shows regulator failing to meet standards
Trust has dismissed 11 staff members for inappropriately accessing medical records
NMC faces backlash after failing to review health and criminal declarations for 18,000+ registrants
Call for healthcare staff exemptions after long-term permits were deemed invalid
Analysis
Are employers doing enough to protect staff who handle chemotherapy medicines?
Community nurses are fighting for their high-level practice to be rebanded at band 7
The BMA says staff are being used inappropriately – is the claim justified or divisive?
Our Q&A looks at what negotiations on Agenda for Change shake-up could mean for nurse pay
Our investigation shows the huge variation in parking fees across England and the UK
Two NHS chief nurses reveal how working with staff helped transform care and morale
Clinical update
Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds
Trastuzumab deruxtecan is a targeted treatment that could extend patients’ lives
Cervix home HPV testing kits will help address shortfall in screening attendance
A new resource helps patients and nurses differentiate between the symptoms
Latest guidance on COVID-19 vaccination for patients receiving systemic anticancer therapy
Advice from NICE on how to care for patients with ongoing symptoms of the virus
Policy briefing
How nurses can implement changes to the RCUK process for end of life decision-making
The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE
More sensitive test could save hundreds of lives as infections will be spotted earlier
The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work
RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin
The treatment is being undervalued in cancer care, experts say
Research news
Study finds reduced risk of prostate cancer among men with a specific DNA variation
People with bowel cancer who had colonoscopies tended to live longer, study shows
Children with Wilm’s tumour may no longer need nephrectomies
A chemical drunk before surgery can make brain cancer easier to diagnose and monitor
People with cancer who skip referrals are more likely to die within a year of diagnosis
Cigarette smoking in England fell, pointing to the success of antismoking measures
Journal scan
Incidence of myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplasia higher in women treated for breast cancer
Researchers find suicide risk is highest in the first six months of a cancer diagnosis
More than one third of all children with cancer in the US die in an institutional setting
Understanding outpatient palliative care referrals among thoracic medical oncologists
Analysis of succesfully communicating prognosis for people with head and neck cancer
Randomised controlled trial of bed rest optimisation to reduce obstacles in chemotherapies
