Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Analysis
The Department of Health’s (DH) evidence to the independent NHS Pay Review Body (RB), published on January 16, argued that NHS nurses
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has spelled out the main issues facing general practice nursing now – and among the most pressing is th
When the Shape of Caring review into education and training for nurses and healthcare assistants was published in March last year it
Organisations are being forced to compete with each other like never before to attract high-calibre staff in this seller’s market.
Nurses have welcomed the launch of a new self-screening tool to help identify adults in the community who are at risk of malnutrition
The number of reported physical assaults against all NHS staff in England in 2014/15 has fallen slightly on the previous year – down
Directors of nursing are under increasing pressure to achieve high standards of care while balancing budgets and juggling the everyda
This week junior doctors in England are voting on whether to take industrial action over a planned contract that reduces their pay fo
Plans to move people with learning disabilities who are in residential hospitals back to their community were announced last month as
The existing shortage of practice and community nurses is only going to get worse in the next decade if there is not a boost to workf
Home secretary Theresa May says she is prepared to ease visa restrictions on foreign nurses who have come to the UK to work.
Since the Nursing and Midwifery Council first approved draft plans for a revalidation model that would require nurses to demonstrate their fitness to remain on the register every three years, confusion has surrounded the ‘confirmation’ process.
In just over five months, nurses and midwives will need to fulfil the requirements of a new revalidation model.
Healthcare unions have given a cautious welcome to a move by NHS England that will see high-performing acute hospitals sharing expertise with smaller trusts.
A report criticising care home staff who call residents ‘darling’ and ‘sweetie’ has opened up a debate about the language nurses should use.
More research is needed to assess long-term damage caused by dehydration, say experts in the wake of a study involving nurses and doctors that show almost half of them were dehydrated at the end of a shift.
Giving patients a greater say in decisions about their care has been a goal in the NHS for some time. The personal health budget is one of the most significant elements of that objective.
