Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The NHS should be run by the health professionals who work in it, says nursing student Deirdre Mulvenna-Pegrum.
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Bedside handovers allow patients to be more involved in their care and improve their rapport with staff, supporters claim.
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This week is Children’s Hospice Week.
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In an interview with Nursing Standard the outgoing chair of the Council of Deans of Health, Professor Dame Jessica Corner, said the student bursary was unsust
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An investigation by Nursing Standard uncovered 471 food-related complaints at 106 NHS trusts in England in 2015-16. Campaigners have called for the introduction of legal st
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In the run up to the general election on 8 June, Nursing Standard readers consider the value of campaign promises.
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NHS England has announced a new two-year fast-track programme aimed at recruiting high-achieving graduates to a career in nursing and addressing the workforce crisis.
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Following the announcement that the below-inflation 1% pay cap is to remain for 2017-18, the RCN is conducting an online poll to see whether members are prepared
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Dame Jill Macleod Clark, lead adviser on the development of the NMC's new standards for pre-registration nurse education, has said all new nurses should complete a mandator
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On 1 April, NHS Improvement introduced a measure to stop trusts in England from employing someone through an agency if that person has a substantive contract with the NHS.
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At the recent chief nursing officer's summit, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said he 'dearly' wants to increase nurse pay, but putting money into pay would make it difficult&
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England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings is embarking on a joint project with the RCN to improve the image of nursing and encourage people to join, and to stay, in the prof
Under draft education plans from the Nursing and Midwifery Council, newly qualified nurses in the UK will be given limited prescribing powers. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
Education secretary Justine Greening recently confirmed that sex and relationship education will become compulsory in England's schools. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
It has been four years since Sir Robert Francis’ report on poor care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Some experts fear current pressures mean the NHS is at risk of a similar catastrophe. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
Public Health England head of digital strategy Mary Black, who lost her father and grandfather to smoking-related diseases, has urged nurses who smoke to lead by example and kick the habit. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
The average consultation time with a GP in the UK is ten minutes. Research by The Health Foundation, which looked at the length of appointments in 11 countries, found this to be the shortest in the developed world. Nursing Standard panellists have their say.
Readers panel: Should the law be changed to make it a specific criminal offence to attack NHS staff?
Radio presenter Nick Ferrari has set up a petition calling for a change in the law to give NHS staff similar legal protection to that offered by the Police Act 1996, which makes it a specific offence to attack a police officer conducting their duties. Nursing Standard readers’ panellists hav
