Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Newly qualified nurse Kayleigh Peel loves her job, but short staffing, low pay and lack of funding to aid career progression are making her question her caree
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The independent anti-slavery commissioner pledges his support to healthcare professionals who have a unique role to play in tackling this brutal trade in human life.
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From cracked ribs to a sore back, the Yuletide festivities are not without hazard for Jane Bates
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With a new chief nursing officer at the WHO and the start of the Nursing Now!
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The old argument that the roots of mental illness may lie in the body, not the mind, has been re-ignited by research
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Out of hours children's palliative care services are vital to support the families of seriously ill children, yet a report by the charity Together for Sh
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To truly understand the highly skilled, complex care delivered by district nurses in thousands of homes every day, policymakers need to see these specialist p
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All patients deserve a face-to-face medicines review with their GP.
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Inaccurate and misleading online health information manipulates vulnerable people.
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Simone Williams, one of the first nurses on the scene at the Grenfell Tower fire, worked through the night to help those affected.
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Set up ten years ago in Rotherham, a former coalmining community with high rates of COPD, the nurse-led BreathingSpace unit focuses on providing pulmonary reh
A directive from NHS England asking health professionals to record the sexual orientation of all patients and service users aged 16 and over is impractical and intrusive, says Jane Bates.
Attending Schwartz rounds enables staff to share experiences with colleagues and discuss the challenges they face. Not only does this reduce emotional stress, it leads to improved teamwork and increased empathy and compassion, says Caroline Shuldham.
Praise for NHS staff is all very well, but it means nothing if it is not matched with extra cash in the Budget and a clear signal that better pay is on the way, says Unison head of health Sara Gorton
While the concept of flexible, family-friendly working is very welcome, it is just a pipe dream until the significant shortage of NHS nurses is addressed, says Jane Bates.
More funding to train nursing associates and graduate apprentices is welcome, but developing and retaining current staff is equally important, says RCN chief executive Janet Davies.
A downward trend in the number of health visitor training places being taken up could be made much worse by the introduction next year of a complex and expensive apprenticeship route, warns the Institute of Health Visiting's Karen Stansfield.
