Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The first principle of nursing care I learned as a student several decades ago was that planning for a patient’s discharge starts on
I take a sharp intake of breath when I hear on the news that ‘research has been done…’
Headlines hide the truth, says Jane Bates.
Who do I see about reporting people to the health service?
A staff nurse says she has failed a nursing student she was mentoring because his performance was below standard.
Earlier this month, questions were asked in the House of Lords about why NHS England suspended work on safe staffing guidance being c
Why do so many complex issues in the health service get boiled down to crusades that do little other than tell nurses what they shoul
We don’t use massage enough, says Jane Bates.
The hob is crowded. A pan has been shoved to one side, leaving its handle over the gas.
When NHS England took over work on safe staffing guidance last month from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE
Contains measures for quality of care as well as barriers and patient experience
Contrary to recent comments from health secretary Jeremy Hunt, consultants are not fat-cats who prefer playing golf on a Sunday to treating their patients, says Drew Payne
Over the past few years, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has committed itself to the challenge of improvement and we have intensified our efforts to make positive changes across all functions.
Nurses and other public sector workers were dealt another blow by the government last week when chancellor George Osborne announced that pay rises are to be capped at 1% for four years.
Jane Bates sparks a stimulating discussion.
Please can we have our ball back mister? ‘Just this once. But tell your dad that the next time it comes over here, it’s going in the bin.’
What is a lasting power of attorney?
Scrapping nursing bursaries and bringing in tuition fees will do nothing to address workforce planning issues, says health consultant Tom Bolger
