Datix abuse: the safety issues ignored or minimised by managers
Nurses report incidents being ‘shut down’ or downplayed to avoid extra paperwork
17 Mar 2025
Andrea Downey
No time to wee: can holding it in cause urinary incontinence?
How to make sure you take the breaks you need to keep your bladder healthy
17 Dec 2024
Record-keeping: how to avoid making serious mistakes or leaving gaps
Tips on preventing errors and ensuring patient records are accurate and up to date
09 Sep 2024
How to fix the NMC: what next after devastating review?
Senior nurses on what the nursing regulator must do to win back trust
05 Aug 2024
Protected time for clinical supervision: which nurses will benefit from new rules?
Properly protected supervision time aims to enhance skills and avoid burnout
29 May 2024
Should body-worn cameras be used in your work?
They can help tackle violence and aggression, but there are ethical considerations
23 May 2024
Don’t call me that! Why lazy labelling has no place in nursing
How a culture of calling colleagues by their role or pay band is demotivating and divisive
30 Apr 2024
Rise in nurse numbers ‘has not kept pace with demand for care’
Health think-tank also says growth in staff has not been spread evenly across NHS
26 Jan 2024
‘Anger and frustration’ of nurses may spark more strikes over pay
Union warns that Northern Ireland’s nurses could take further industrial action
25 Jan 2024
Breast cancer: boost to specialist nurse numbers could slash costs
Investment in cancer nurse specialists could save NHS up to £118 million
23 Jan 2024
Nursing associates set to be introduced in Wales
Band 4 role will mirror that in England but RCN cautions against exploitation
22 Jan 2024
QNI grant will help community nurses severely affected by UK flooding
Storms in the UK have forced people out of their homes with some nurses unable to work
17 Jan 2024
Delayed discharge figures prompt fresh worries over community nurse staffing shortage
Cost of delays tops £1.2 billion and also raises patient safety concerns, says RCN Scotland
11 Jan 2024
Nursing associates must not be used to strip out the nurse workforce, union warns
Ministers considering introducing the registered band 4 role for Wales’s NHS
09 Jan 2024
Junior doctors’ strike: do nurses have to pick up the workload?
A fresh wave of NHS industrial action is likely to directly affect nursing workloads
04 Jan 2024
Nursing apprentices celebrate as their programme’s first cohort to qualify
Two-year programme was established by independent healthcare provider
04 Jan 2024
Exploitation of overseas care staff exposed by BBC documentary
Panorama investigation uncovers workers’ stories in a ‘deeply disturbing’ TV programme
21 Dec 2023
Healthcare visa changes prompt ‘grave concerns’ for staffing levels in social care
Ban on overseas workers bringing family to UK could drive people away, says care chief
20 Dec 2023
Nurse retention must improve amid ‘stubbornly’ high vacancy rates
RCN Scotland urges government to fund reforms including a shorter working week
18 Dec 2023