Nursing Standard
Everyone stands to gain from diversity in leadership
To improve BME staff representation at senior level, the NHS must start by ensuring all staff feel part of the conversation, a recent conference heard.
01 Oct 2017
Flavia Munn
Flavia Munn is the editor of Nursing Standard. She is responsible for overseeing all the editorial content published daily on the Nursing Standard website and app, and its curation into our monthly print journal.
Flavia has over 15 years' experience as a health journalist, writing for newspapers and specialist publications aimed at the public, patients, nurses and doctors.
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Leading academic says there is 'a lot to do' to grow nurse research as a discipline
More work is needed to boost the field of nurse research, says the Council of Deans of Health chair Brian Webster-Henderson.
28 Sep 2017
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Hundreds of nurses and midwives aged over 70, NMC reveals
More than 500 nurses and midwives aged over 70 are practising in the UK, the regulator has revealed.
28 Sep 2017
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English language test score will not be lowered, insists NMC
English language standards for European nurses joining the register will not be lowered, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has insisted.
27 Sep 2017
Nursing Standard
Exclusive: nurse sickness absence
One in ten nurse sick days down to stress or depression
27 Sep 2017
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Exclusive: Absence figures reveal extent of depression among nurses
Tens of thousands of NHS nurses have taken time off work due to anxiety, stress or depression, a Nursing Standard investigation reveals.
27 Sep 2017
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Is it time for the RCN to rejoin the ICN?
A debate has started over whether the RCN should rejoin a global federation of nurses.
12 Sep 2017
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Single people cope less well with bowel cancer
Being single or living in a deprived area makes it twice as hard to cope with bowel cancer, research shows.
12 Sep 2017
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Pay cap: could it be lifted?
Speculation mounts over Prime Minister scrapping the 1% cap
04 Sep 2017
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Nurse suspended for working 50 agency shifts while on sick leave
A nurse has been suspended from practice after working at least 500 hours in agency shifts while on paid sick leave.
01 Sep 2017
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Stop paying nurses a pittance, says nurse classmate of Theresa May
A nurse who was at school with prime minster Theresa May has warned the government must stop paying nurses a ‘pittance’.
01 Sep 2017
Nursing Standard
Two weeks to respond to NMC's future nurse plans
Time is ticking for nurses and nursing students to have their say on plans for an overhaul of the profession’s education standards.
01 Sep 2017
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ICN chief executive steps down
The International Council of Nurses chief executive Frances Hughes has left the organisation due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
30 Aug 2017
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Celebrity speakers announced for RCN Scrap the cap London rally
Comic actors and political activists Sir Tony Robinson and Rob Delaney are to speak at the RCN’s biggest-ever rally next month.
24 Aug 2017
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Overseas students’ impact on the UK to be reviewed
International students’ effect on the UK labour market is to be assessed by independent migration advisors.
24 Aug 2017
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Bar shifts and missed family events are the new norm for nurses
Nurses are missing special family occasions as they take on work in bars and extra shifts just to make ends meet.
24 Aug 2017
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Nurse staffing levels study
'Lower staffing levels put patient lives at risk'
24 Aug 2017
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Nurses reject claims that fancy dress fundraisers ‘demeaned’ the profession
Nurses have expressed support for fundraisers whose donations were rejected by an NHS trust because their fancy dress nurse outfits were ‘demeaning’.
23 Aug 2017