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
Advice from NICE on how to care for patients with ongoing symptoms of the virus
Updated online resource is a step-by-step guide for nurses considering a prescribing course
What to look for, how to help – and what not to do if you if you suspect a patient is at risk
Key points for nurses from a dementia audit by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
NICE advises on assessing for frailty and including patients and carers in decision-making
Policy briefing
The government’s plan to get the nation fit, protect against COVID-19 and ease strain on the NHS
A service to aid long-term recovery will offer personalised, online-based aftercare
The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE
Public Health England focuses on promoting critical importance of mental health
Five principles on care for people with dementia are set out in a new RCN document
The RCN has issued guidance on how to discuss and reflect on challenging incidents at work
Journal scan
Parents whose children need intensive care treatment suffer clinically significant impairment of their mental health, researchers say
Alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia, study shows
Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder have learning and memory problems that could affect their self-esteem, researchers say
Women experience seasonal changes in their mood across the year, including more depression in winter, regardless of social and lifestyle factors, a study shows
Singing in groups could help improve patients’ mental health, promoting a feeling of belonging and improved social skills and confidence, researchers say
Young people display greater perfectionist tendencies today than 30 years ago due to the increasing demands of society and competitive individualism, a study shows
