Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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One older inpatient's experience of multiple pathology tests became a catalyst for change
People with learning disabilities and autism spending too long in assessment and treatment units
Dramatic overspend on some cancer drugs prompts strict limit on spending
Engaging people according to their needs is key to the success of RCNi award winner Steven Evans-Jones
Angela McDonald trains healthcare professionals, families, teachers and carers to recognise the emotional and practical needs of grieving children
Care home televisions blaring all day long can be distressing, but research suggests TV is comforting and stimul
Nursing Standard is marking the RCN’s centenary year with a series celebrating the range and impact of modern nursing roles across th
Arts interventions in healthcare can have many benefits, including lowering pressure
New book celebrates 50 years of RCN Wales
Visiting Scutari is an unbeatable way to explore the legacy of Florence Nightingale
A nurse who has helped alleviate the misery of incontinence for hundreds of patients through her bowel function service won a top ac
Venetia Wynter-Blyth is the RCN Nurse of the Year for 2016.
NHS trusts have been struggling to recruit nurses, with the profession remaining on the Home Office’s ‘shortage occupation list’. Many trusts are now rushing to recruit from outside the European Union – including the Philippines and India.
Services for patients with motor neurone disease vary throughout the UK, with co-ordinated multidisciplinary care being the gold standard. New NICE guidance aims to improve care from diagnosis to end of life.
Refugees who have fled war zones have a substantially higher risk of psychotic disorders than non-refugee migrants, suggests a recent study. Many refugees with mental health problems do not receive specialist help.
A helpline for healthcare staff, funded by the government but run by the NSPCC, is the latest attempt to encourage professionals to speak up about suspected child abuse.
In the second of our monthly series which celebrates modern nursing roles across the regions in the RCN’s centenary year, Alison Whyte talks to nurses in the south east of England.
A nurse-led service created by pleural nurse specialist Elaine Reid is transforming care for patients with pleural effusion at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.
