Nick Evans
Policy briefing: Leading Change, Adding Value
An examination of NHE England's new nursing framework.
Nurses must get involved in implementing the cancer plan
National cancer director Cally Palmer outlines her vision
Take on more frontline responsibilities, nurses told
Two recent reports seek to empower nurses in light of staff shortages
Jane Cummings on Leading Change, Adding Value
Jane Cummings on Leading Change, Adding Value
Jane Cummings on Leading Change, Adding Value
Jane Cummings on Leading Change, Adding Value
Policy briefing: Leading Change, Adding Value
Leading Change, Adding Value – expert comment
Vanguards show the way in older people’s care
Encouraging improvements have been achieved, but spreading these successes more widely may hit a wall because of financial restraints
Policy briefing: Leading Change, Adding Value
We examine the latest policy and what it means for you http://www.england.nhs.uk/nursingvision/compassion
Investment in cancer aftercare may ease the path to recovery
Supporting people who survive cancer has been one of the main priorities for the NHS in recent years.
Understaffed transfer services may put infants’ lives at risk
Specialist neonatal transport services are essential parts of care provision for sick and premature babies. But, according to a report from the charity Bliss, such transfers are too often ‘understaffed, under-resourced and part time’
New national policy sets out support system for whistleblowers
Nurses and other NHS staff who raise concerns about safety or the quality of patient care are promised full protection under a new national whistleblowing policy
Breathing new life into asthma care
Half of the one million children in the UK with asthma will have an asthma attack every year, with about 25,000 requiring hospital admission. This article looks at how initiatives such as creating networks of GP practices and placing hospital specialists in the community could improve the care of children with asthma.
Annual NHS survey shows that three quarters of staff work overtime,
The annual NHS staff survey is a chance to discover how front line staff feel about their working lives
Care for children is changing
Transforming care has become a buzz phrase in the health service. Since NHS England’s Five-Year Forward View was published in autumn 2014 a great deal of interest has been expressed in changing services to improve care and save money
'Compelling case for action' on care of older people in emergency departments
Caring for older people in emergency departments is one of the biggest challenges facing hospitals, not only because of the number of patients involved, but also because of the wide range of long-term conditions they have
Productivity still ‘not good enough’ says Carter review
The starting gun has been fired. After 18 months of work, Lord Carter’s roadmap for hospitals to achieve £5 billion a year of spending cuts has been published
Are we nearing a turning point in children’s asthma services?
Asthma has become so common in the UK that there are, on average, at least two children with the condition in every classroom. Moreover, the familiarity of the condition may have bred complacency. The Royal College of Physicians ( 2014 ) National Review of Asthma Deaths warned that not enough was being done to reduce unnecessary admissions and deaths. The findings of the report were shocking, but perhaps unsurprising