Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Front line nurses, think tanks and the Nursing and Midwifery Council all agree that the nursing workforce is shrinking
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A nurse's personal account of how abusive behaviour by senior staff led her to experience anxiety, depression and panic attacks, until she felt she
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Growing support for a soft opt-out from organ donation, which aims to increase the supply of organs while still giving families the final say, is he
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The college’s representatives play an essential part in ensuring members get a fair deal.
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Poor management of temporary staff means agency nurses often cannot use their full range of skills and experience
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The shortage of nurses makes it all the more important to address the profession’s gender imbalance by tackling unconscious bias against men in selection
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Community nurses in Scotland now have the opportunity to go on a nine-month development programme to earn the right to be called a Queen’s Nurse.
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When a patient dies alone on a ward it is upsetting for families and staff.
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Flexible working, especially the option to do shorter hours, could help retain older nurses, many of whom want to continue but feel burnt out.
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A 'one stop' programme providing personalised care could help Mexico turn the tide of its diabetes epidemic.
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An NHS trust has used US-style improvement techniques to train hundreds of clinical and non-clinical staff to become quality champions. Nurses have responded to t
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Risky drinking – in decline among young people – is a growing problem among those in their fifties, sixties and seventies.
Working in partnership with the US-based Virginia Mason Institute, five trusts are learning how to engage with staff across their organisations, put their ideas into practice, and improve quality and safety.
After a successful pilot stage, the Teaching Care Home programme is recruiting more homes to challenge perceptions of the sector, develops its workforce and boost recruitment.
Despite earlier and better planning at national and local level, increasing pressures could make this winter even worse than the last
The number of people with dementia who visit the emergency department in their last year of life is rising, prompting calls for better care planning and more support for families.
When older people develop delirium, it can land them in hospital and set off a cycle of declining health. Identifying and tackling the syndrome early - while people are still at home - is the target of a new RCN campaign.
East London NHS Foundation Trust's honest, committed approach to equality and diversity has opened up the trust's top jobs to BME staff. But success has thrown up some surprising challenges - and there is no room for complacency.
