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Andrea Sutcliffe
Adult social care nursing: NMC chief champions ‘disregarded and undermined’ staff

Andrea Sutcliffe says they display a high level of knowledge, skills and competence

14 Nov 2019
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PBS Festival 2019 encourages positive approach to behaviour that challenges
Event attracted practitioners and people with learning disabilities and their families
31 Oct 2019
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Cath Renwick
Meet the UK's first consultant nurse in paediatric electrophysiology and inherited cardiac conditions

Years ago Cath Renwick doubted her academic ability but now has a pioneering role with a long-term plan to lead on research

16 Oct 2019
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Picture shows specialist transition nurse Giselle Padmore-Payne with patient Benjamin Tshibangu in a BBC London interview
Charity helps children’s transition to adult services
Specialist nurses funded by the Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity are helping to care for children with long-term conditions and smooth their transition to adult services
28 Aug 2019
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Don't forget about us, say parents of children with learning disabilities
Families explain how they feel there can be a lack of health and social care support
09 May 2019
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Sports charity uses social prescribing to help young people
A charity is using social prescribing to support vulnerable young people in the community
23 Apr 2019
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Low House
Person-centred support for men with learning disabilities who have a forensic history
What it takes for a care home to gain outstanding status from the Care Quality Commission
06 Mar 2019
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Robots
Robots help children in hospital be part of school/other activities

New devices could help prevent children from becoming lonely when isolated from other people

30 Jan 2019
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Willow Cracknell & Tia Ball
Children’s hospital makes pioneering move by introducing Duke of Edinburgh award scheme
Young people with kidney problems learn useful skills by taking up the scheme 
23 Jan 2019
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We saw first-hand how learning disability nurses helped our son

After witnessing their son’s care, a couple have decided to become learning disability nurses

17 Jan 2019
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Unpacking a rucksack of worries with the school nurse
With rising numbers of 13-14 year olds being referred to child and adolescent mental health services, one nurse has launched an initiative to overturn the statistics
20 Aug 2018
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Innovations to help families bond with their babies in neonatal intensive care

Initiatives to create bonding experiences between parents and preterm babies in neonatal intensive care are reducing stress.

23 Oct 2017
Nurse-led team commended for specialist Parkinson’s disease service

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s nursing home clinic is highly commended in UK’s first awards for work with Parkinson’s disease.

03 Apr 2017
New formula to help staff reckon weight of patients
Researchers have proposed a new formula to provide an up-to-date weight estimation in adults and children
30 Mar 2017
Emergency department doctors in Bergen underestimating distress and pain levels, study finds
Norwegian study carried out in an emergency department in Bergen, found children and parents to be the best pain accessor
30 Mar 2017
Reducing screen time could lower diabetes risk, research shows

Children who spend three hours or more looking at screens are likely to be increasing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an observational study

27 Mar 2017
Physical inactivity begins at a younger age than originally indicated, study finds

Gateshead Millennium Cohort Study found that activity levels begin to drop at a much earlier age than previously indicated

27 Mar 2017
Translating cancer nursing into practice

The new UKONS president Richard Henry talks to Anne Horner about planning for a surge in older people with cancer and finding time to care in busy workplaces

22 Mar 2017