Analysis

A leadership training programme devised and delivered by a team in Surrey is improving patient care and boosting the morale of district nurses

01 Jun 2016
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Naomi Chapman

A team of nurses is being charged with the task of assessing equipment for cost and clinical effectiveness in a bid to improve NHS pr

01 Jun 2016
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Jane Cummings

Better patient outcomes and experience, as well as better use of resources for nurses and patients, are the aspirations of a new NHS

25 May 2016

Ever since a 2011 Commons health committee report described the nursing regulator’s system for ensuring fitness to practise as ‘wholl

18 May 2016

Registrants under NMC investigation can experience poor mental health while waiting years for their cases to be heard.

11 May 2016

The director of workforce at a trust that struggles to recruit nurses from outside the European Union because many fail to pass the r

04 May 2016

With the EU referendum looming, nurses will be weighing up what a vote to stay in, or to leave, the European Union would mean for the

27 Apr 2016

There are simply not enough nurses expanding the profession’s essential evidence base.

20 Apr 2016

The now-defunct Liverpool Care Pathway has been replaced by NHS provision that is patchy and lacking in specialist clinicians, writes Chris Longhurst.

13 Apr 2016

Nurses have raised concerns about their ability to meet the continuing professional development requirements of revalidation, an RCNi

30 Mar 2016

The number of employers in the NHS paying extra to attract or retain staff in England is falling.

23 Mar 2016

NHS England is to offer trusts financial incentives to boost their employees’ wellbeing.

16 Mar 2016

Fewer than one in ten nursing student places are filled by men, and some in the profession say it’s time for a targeted campaign. Stephanie Jones-Berry reports.

09 Mar 2016

A ‘collapse’ in the number of overseas nurses coming to work in the NHS is contributing to high vacancy levels, according to a new report on clinical staff shortages.

02 Mar 2016

Some of the most experienced nurses have been lost to NHS employers in the past five years, research by Nursing Standard reveals.

24 Feb 2016

A lack of standardised procedures in the use of resources across acute hospitals is costing the NHS billions, according to Labour peer Lord Carter of Coles.

17 Feb 2016

Even though social media is a part of everyday life, many nurses seem wary of using it in their practice.

10 Feb 2016

Evidence reviews into safe nurse staffing that reveal gaps in available information have led to calls for urgent progress to be made on the issue.

03 Feb 2016

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