Analysis

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Nurses struggling to pay heating bills, turning to costly pay day loans and pawning their possessions were discussed by MPs in an impassioned debate on NHS pay.

01 Feb 2017
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Report reveals examples of poor care for older people with HIV

25 Jan 2017
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Cost evaluation of products

A team of nursing professionals is helping to lower NHS costs and enhance services by more efficient purchasing of essentials such as gloves and syringes.

18 Jan 2017
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Healthcare experts have agreed the NHS is in a state of crisis, and are demanding the government takes action.

12 Jan 2017
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The overall bill for compensation payments and legal costs for NHS staff injuries last year was £47.5 million, Nursing Standard can reveal.

05 Jan 2017
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new year for nursing

Nursing degree apprentices, and nursing associates, will change the landscape of the profession.

28 Dec 2016
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Stephanie Jones-Berry looks back on a year of challenges and triumphs for nurses.

06 Dec 2016
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Disproportionate numbers of nurses from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds are referred to fitness to practise proceedings, according to new data from the Nur

01 Dec 2016
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An independent inquiry into child sexual abuse is looking to nurses for support in bringing forward survivors.

23 Nov 2016
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Drop-outs on nursing courses

Health Education England has been told to reduce drop-out rates by 50%.

16 Nov 2016
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cheating

Nursing Standard investigations find cheating a growing concern and dozens of websites offering ‘original’ coursework for sale. 

10 Nov 2016
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Plans to speed up the lengthy process for fitness to practise (FtP) hearings and reduce the number of cases that go to a full hearing are currently being discussed by the Nursing a
03 Nov 2016
The annual drive urging nurses and other healthcare staff to have their free flu vaccination is underway, following a fall in numbers last year.
26 Oct 2016
NHS car parking charges hit the headlines again this month, as figures revealed a third of trusts in England increased their charges in the past year.
20 Oct 2016
Just 13% of nurses feel prepared to meet the needs of their transgender patients, according to a survey by the RCN.
12 Oct 2016
More than half of all directors of nursing in England, Scotland and Wales have been in post for less than three years, exclusive research by Nursing Standard reveals.
06 Oct 2016

Allegations against nurses and midwives will no longer be available for public scrutiny ahead of disciplinary hearings, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has announced.

05 Oct 2016
College makes case to review body
28 Sep 2016

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