Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Care home staff are well placed to notice if an older person living in the home may be developing dementia.
The CQC is consulting on changes to its inspection model.
Scholarships from the Florence Nightingale Foundation are providing nurses with the financial means to put innovative ideas into pra
In an award winning project in Dundee, secondary school pupils pay weekly visits to a care home and interact with the residents, who
In Rwanda, many people with cancer are diagnosed too late because of low awareness of the disease coupled with a lack of specialist
A physiotherapist who has recently moved from outpatients to a ward-based role speaks out against the mountain of paperwork heaped o
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As the UK’s drinking culture exerts increasing pressure on the NHS, nurses in settings from emergency departments to GP practices an
The nurse-led Cuckoo Lane Surgery in London has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
The concluding part of our series on vanguards looks at how integrating services is prompting nurses to develop and extend their rol
North East London NHS Foundation Trust strives to attract black and minority ethnic staff and to ensure all staff have opportunities
In the second article in our three-part series on vanguards, we look at care homes.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in 2007 to protect the rights of people in hospitals and care homes whose f
Organisations in vanguard areas are developing new ways of working to improve and integrate care.
Mental health nurse Pride Gaka-Chisoro’s award-winning research into soldiers’ experience of genital trauma led to a pathway that ensures the psychological toll is not overlooked. The pathway includes sperm salvage and psychosexual assessment.
Staff nurse Holly Howe completed a six-week volunteer placement at the Calais migrant camp’s clinic. She found the work heartbreaking, but was amazed by the resilience of the people living in the camp.
Millions of people in the UK experience continence problems that can have a devastating effect on quality of life.
A report published last year by Stonewall revealed the persistence of negative attitudes to LGBT people in health and social care services, with a significant problem existing between staff.
According to a Department of Health-funded study young LGBT people are at increased risk of self-harm and suicide.
