Nurses welcome increase in free childcare but stumbling blocks loom
Parents of young children may be entitled to 30 hours a week of free childcare from the...
07 Sep 2017
Analysis
Exclusive: Student drop-out rates put profession at further risk
Attrition data obtained by Nursing Standard shows one in four nursing students are not...
05 Sep 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Nurse director turnover
More than half of UK nurse directors started their job in 2015 or later
21 Aug 2017
Exclusive: nursing degree apprenticeships stalled by education changes and funding
Only 30 nurse apprentices will begin university courses this September, well below the 1,000...
16 Aug 2017
Analysis: will nurse training places plan work?
Government to fund extra 10,000 training places for nurses, midwives and AHPs
10 Aug 2017
Long-awaited changes expected to speed up fitness to practise cases
Reforms that give more powers to case examiners and the option of agreeing ‘undertakings’...
28 Jul 2017
Nurse backs challenge to law on assisted dying
As the issue of assisted dying comes under the spotlight once again, Nursing Standard speaks...
21 Jul 2017
Exclusive: new Council of Deans of Health chair talks to Nursing Standard
'This is the most turbulent time in education I can remember'
11 Jul 2017
Unique nursing partnership forged between UK and China
King's College London is helping to develop nursing in China in a collaboration that is...
05 Jul 2017
Many worry not enough is being done to persuade EU nurses to stay
The prime minister says there is a ‘fair and serious offer’ on EU citizens’ rights after...
29 Jun 2017
Processing tragedy: the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
The shocking tower block fire in London may have long-term effects for those who were there...
21 Jun 2017
Exclusive: Falling EU nurse figures spark fresh concerns over Brexit
New figures show fewer EU nurses in post at certain ‘high-risk’ trusts and fewer joining the...
19 Jun 2017
Government 'must heed healthcare warnings'
Nurse leaders stress need to scrap pay cap and fund social care
12 Jun 2017
NHS cyber attack: the lessons to be learned
Nurses across England and Scotland had to cope with major disruption last month when dozens...
08 Jun 2017
Fears potential mature nursing students are being put off by fees
About 6,000 fewer mature students have applied to start nursing courses this coming autumn...
30 May 2017
PJ paralysis Twitter campaign gets trusts moving
What started as a simple Twitter discussion about getting patients dressed and out of their...
22 May 2017