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Hospital trusts employing high numbers of temporary staff are more likely to have their quality of care rated poor by patients, a study shows

02 Feb 2018
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Commons committee

Nursing Standard readers have responded to the Commons health committee report on the nursing workforce.

01 Feb 2018
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Jill Macleod Clark
Plans to replace nursing student mentors wins support
01 Feb 2018
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Two in three nurses responding to a survey last year felt they had too little time to provide high quality care to dying patients.

31 Jan 2018
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NHS staff will be given first refusal to buy thousands of affordable homes to be built on unused or surplus NHS land across England, with the money generated

31 Jan 2018
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Tired district nurse

NHS Improvement says resource will help leaders and staff to deliver effective and sustainable patient care.

30 Jan 2018
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Patients’ access to life-saving medicines and medical devices could be disrupted unless the UK stays aligned with EU regulations after Brexit, a group of&nbsp

30 Jan 2018
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Capital Nurse-sponsored digital tool

Digital career framework tool developed by Health Education England-sponsored Capital Nurse programme to be used alongside progress chats between nurses

29 Jan 2018
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Resilience

A project helping newly qualified nurses to build resilience and cope with the stresses of the profession is proving to be a success.

28 Jan 2018
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End of life care

Nurses and HCAs from all fields and settings urged to share their experiences of caring for people in their final days of life, in joint Nursing Standard-Marie Curie s

26 Jan 2018
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Houses of Parliament

Commons nursing workforce review highlights pressures stemming from training squeeze, student attrition and 'staying late'.

26 Jan 2018
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Norovirus

NHS England reveals number of bed closures due to norovirus or diarrhoea and vomiting in week ending 21 January reached 742 beds a day, up 121 beds on the previous week.

25 Jan 2018

A drop in the number of nurses compared to population size has seen the UK lag behind other major world economies, according to analysis by a think tank

25 Jan 2018

NHS Improvement will review figures following BBC investigation into changes in calculation process

23 Jan 2018

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is searching for a new chief executive to provide ‘visionary leadership and management’ to guide the organisation.

23 Jan 2018

The nursing recruitment crisis is deepening with more vacancies than ever, particularly in areas with high living costs, official figures reveal today.

23 Jan 2018

Talks on nursing pay and contract reforms have restarted with the RCN suggesting promised NHS funding be used to improve pay structures.

22 Jan 2018

Researchers suggest government should focus on improving access to GP appointments during normal opening hours rather than extending opening hours

22 Jan 2018

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