Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Editorial
Reflections and resolutions always accompany the turn of a year, as we inevitably take stock of the previous 12 months and look forwa
They came in their hundreds, from all over the UK.
Most chancellors of the exchequer give with one hand and take with the other, but George Osborne hit nursing with a double whammy las
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Nurses have a lot on their plate just now so tackling climate change might feel like someone else’s problem.
Nurses know all about resilience, and most possess it in abundance.
Some issues refuse to go away: they are raised repeatedly, action is promised, not much happens, and they come round again.
When the Winterbourne View Hospital scandal was revealed in the Panorama TV documentary – Undercover Care: the Abuse Exposed – in 201
So many practice nurses are expected to retire in the next few years that a national audit has been ordered by the body responsible f
Finally, after months of lobbying from unions, NHS England and employers, the Home Office has accepted that there are not enough nurs
Almost every day, week and month of the year is earmarked by some charity or other as an opportunity to raise awareness about a clini
This week a group of 12 men and women will make a decision that will have a profound effect on the nursing and midwifery professions
Policies, initiatives, campaigns – they have all failed, one after the other, to end race discrimination in the NHS and the wider hea
Every year, hundreds of those who apply for pre-registration nursing courses are turned away because of a lack of places. Until now they have had to wait before re-applying in the hope that they will be luckier next time.
Around one third of nurses in England work 12-hour shifts, and anecdotal evidence suggests that such working arrangements are popular.
Limits are to be imposed on the amount of money that many NHS organisations can spend on agency staff, it was announced last week.
Whenever disaster or tragedy strikes, nurses are often among the first on the scene. Last week was no different, with nurse consultant Tony Kemp one of the first healthcare professionals to attend the Shoreham air crash.
Waste in the health service is nothing new, with stories usually focusing on supplies and procurement. But as Nursing Standard reveals this week, there is a serious ongoing issue with the profession’s most senior staff.
We have all been served in shops by staff with limited English, or endured those conversations on the phone with someone we struggle to understand in a call centre.
