Primary Health Care
New standards for advanced clinical practitioners in primary care
Skills for Health framework may mean nurses need to top up skills and knowledge
21 Jan 2020
Petra Kendall-Raynor
Learning Disability Practice
Charities call for government action on people with learning disabilities ‘locked away’
More than 2,000 people with LDs, including 230 children, sectioned under Mental Health Act
21 Jan 2020
Nursing Standard
Nursing home manager struck off for failing to act on abuse claims
NMC sanctions three former staff at Devon care home for patient neglect
17 Jan 2020
Nursing Standard
Corridor care: how it’s becoming the new normal for many nurses
Nurses reveal the risks they are witnessing to patient safety and dignity
10 Jan 2020
Nursing Standard
Award-winning nurse retires after almost seven decades in the profession
Aileen Coomber, RCNi’s 2017 Bank Nurse award winner, was part of the NHS at 70 celebrations
22 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Overseas nurses: NMC continues English language testing shake-up
Regulator plans to abolish time limit on nursing qualifications taken in English
21 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Nurses collect donations for students affected by building fire
Fellow university students and local nursing staff offer support after flats destroyed
19 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Welsh Labour withdraws political broadcast that features an actor playing a nurse
Parties must clarify use of actors if the audience could be ‘misled’ by their appearance
15 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Tributes paid to a proud pioneer of agency nursing
Jean Higgins ran an early nurse recruitment agency set up for the benefit of the NHS
15 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Children’s and learning disability nursing in Wales: no extra university places planned
Failure to expand fields’ student cohorts at odds with government’s NHS vision, says RCN
13 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Conservatives pledge to introduce fast-track visas for overseas nurses
Points-based proposal would mean reduced fee and extra points for those coming to work in NHS
08 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Call for memorial to Northern Ireland’s first world war nurses
Researchers from the RCN’s History of Nursing network lobby for a plaque at Belfast City Hall
08 Nov 2019
Emergency Nurse
Public poll backs early initial assessment on arrival at EDs
Healthwatch England survey reveals most people want treatment within an hour
08 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Welsh health board decides to ‘not progress’ plans to change rotas
Unions had objected to proposals over concerns about contracted hours
06 Nov 2019
Nursing Children and Young People
School nurses create video to help children understand puberty
A team of school nurses have made a video to help children understand changes they go through
06 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Unions criticise Welsh health board’s plan to change rotas
Move to standardise shift patterns prompts concerns over unpaid breaks and contracted hours
04 Nov 2019
Nursing Standard
Reusable inhaler could cut plastic waste
Device can be reused six times before being recycled and will reduce product carbon footprint
16 Oct 2019
Mental Health Practice
Nurse-led monitoring tool could curb overprescribing in care homes
Simple checklist could help avoid overuse of medicines for mental health issues in care homes
07 Oct 2019