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
How to predict risk, ensure timely treatment and advise patients on its management
Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds
Sarcopenia is marked by a loss of muscle mass and often seen in older people
Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning
How to recognise and manage the symptoms of AF and advise patients on lifestyle adjustments
Advice from NICE on how to treat patients with bite wounds
Policy briefing
How nurses can implement changes to the RCUK process for end of life decision-making
The government’s plan to get the nation fit, protect against COVID-19 and ease strain on the NHS
Guidance says risks related to COVID-19 must be weighed before some interventions
Skills and career framework aims to support the development of rheumatology nurse roles
The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE
RCN guidance advocates a proactive approach to bowel care
Journal scan
Healthcare professionals' support prevents people with COPD feeling overwhelmed by symptoms
Bacteria may help limit seizures, study of high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet finds
Study suggests new benchmark
International study found diagnoses improved through shared use of surveillance systems
Surgery to repair spinal fractures was no more effective than a sham procedure
Pain management drugs less prevalent in nursing home residents with severe impairment
