Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Our church organist is getting on a bit, and it is a struggle for him to move about. Even the short walk to church exhausts him...
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Former Nursing Standard nurse of the year Amanda Burston is campaiging at RCN Congress for all staff to be trained in tackling domestic abuse
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A leave decision is likely to reduce nurse numbers from the EU – just when the health service needs them the most, says James Buchan
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Queen’s Nursing Institute chief executive Crystal Oldman urges you take part in the Department of Health consultation on nurse education funding
‘Training up’ nurses for doctors’ roles and using healthcare assistants to fill in the gaps is risky, argues Peter Griffiths
Sustaining healthy working relationships takes effort and a bit of reflection, says mental health nurse Ian Hulatt
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Nurse specialist Jeni Jones explains the importance of clinical trials for this patient group
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After an extensive engagement process, last month I launched the new national framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff.
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Nursing bursaries. If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always got.
The nurse’s art is a subtle one, says Jane Bates.
It is the moment I have been dreading. Janet stares at my face and points to my nose.
The latest report from the Public Accounts Committee severely criticises senior health service leaders.
Let’s face it, nurse education is big business for British universities. The lobby group of universities offering nursing degrees, the Council of Deans of health (CoDH), argues that the true cost of nursing degrees is subsidised by their members.
Jane Bates reflects on others’ consideration.
When I fear I am becoming clumsy in old age, I take out my smartphone, cradle it in the palm of my hand and admire its pristine glass surfaces.
The Observer newspaper recently reported that the UK is in the throes of a housing crisis.
Christian Medical Fellowship head of nursing Steve Fouch argues that midwives must have the right to conscientiously object to involvement in terminations
Decriminalising abortion will not lead to a surge in late terminations, argues Royal College of Midwives chief executive Cathy Warwick
