Chris Longhurst

Nursing Standard

Diet study offers hope for people with epilepsy

Bacteria may help limit seizures, study of high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet finds

Christie Watson
Nursing Standard

Author Christie Watson's charity walk for nurses facing hardship

Nurses will join Christie Watson as she walks 10,000 steps through London for NHS 70th anniversary

Nursing Standard

Nursing associate role ‘has made things worse for social care’

New role is taking staff away from care sector, says Health Education England chief

Nursing Standard

Confed 18 looks to the future of the NHS workforce

Confed 18 fringe imagines working life in the NHS in 2026

Nursing Standard

Hospitals underestimate number of staff needed to prevent infections

Study suggests new benchmark

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Sharing surveillance of infectious diseases could reduce use of antibiotics

International study found diagnoses improved through shared use of surveillance systems

Support for Bawa-Garba
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NMC to update reflective practice guidance in wake of Bawa-Garba ruling

Healthcare regulators need to review their advice about reflection, Williams report states

Nicola Sturgeon
Nursing Standard

I hope we can give Scotland's NHS staff a better pay deal than England's – Sturgeon

Unions urge Scottish Government to reach agreement on pay, as first minister announces...

Jackie_Smith
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NMC chief explains why she is quitting

Jackie Smith says the time is right to go

Nursing Standard

ICN names new chief executive

The ICN has named Isabelle Skinner, a member of the Australian College of Nurses, as chief...

Nursing Standard

Employers in Scotland struggle to reduce NHS nurse vacancies

Sharp rise in long-term vacancies as overall level of unfilled nursing posts remains static

Jackie Smith
Nursing Standard

FtP cases: NMC fails to support people involved

Flaws identified in NMC's handling of Morecambe Bay tragedies persist even now

Nursing Standard

Emergency readmissions jump 40% in seven years

Emergency readmissions to hospital for potentially preventable conditions have risen 40% in...

Nursing Standard

Hospital workers call off parking-charges protest at the 11th hour

Hospital staff in King's Lynn will now vote on board's revised offer for car park...

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Overseas nurses: public wants relaxation of visa rules

Extent of NHS nursing shortage means foreign doctors are missing out on visas

Hospital caterers
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Hospital food: the trusts yet to reach nutrition standards

Providers in England making good progress on the five standards, but there is still work to be done

Karen Roberts
Nursing Standard

Decline in cancer nurse numbers could become legacy of student bursary cut

Encourage students to consider cancer specialty, Karen Roberts tells conference Bursary cut may further reduce cancer nursing numbers, says Macmillan chief nurse

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Specialist nurse support is what patients remember, cancer survivor tells conference

RCNi Cancer Nursing Practice conference 2018 hears about benefits of volunteering and online support

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