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Mental health nurses’ care failures: Mill View Hospital in Brighton

Coroner criticises failures to check patient record before tragedy, the latest at the trust

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A group of health visitors in south Wales hold banners, flags and signs during strike action in March

Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal 

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A nurse writing notes on a clipboard

He also failed to take observations and record that he had altered the scores

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New NHS uniform: two nurses wearing different styles

Around 55,000 staff wear the uniform but this is less than 10% of the intended workforce

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Cut to placement hours: nurse with student on ward

Regulator invites feedback on proposals, but the RCN has concerns about student preparedness

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District nurse deputy team leader Lauren Heald uses a smartphone to take a picture of a wound on a patient’s foot

Community nurses have reduced healing times and saved money in remote monitoring trial

Analysis

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NHS Staff survey results: a nurse typing on a smartphone, with ratings speech bubble images hovering above it

The highest scorers in the NHS Staff Survey, based on flexible working, morale and more

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A nurse in uniform fills up her car at a petrol pump

Eligible staff will soon be able to claim back more money – find out what it means for you

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Nurse student loan debt: woman dressed in scrubs pushes boulder marked ‘debt’ uphill

Nurses speak out over fears career progression only worsens student loan burden

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Rise in numbers of senior nurses; a senior nurse explains something to two colleagues

Rising band 7 and 8 numbers mean senior nurses may now make up 25% of NHS nurse workforce

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NHS band 5 role reviews: Illustration of three nurses being viewed through a magnifying glass

Q&A on who is included, why rethink of nurses’ bandings is needed and when reviews start

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Illustration of a distressed-looking nurse facing unsolicited comments from an array of people pointing at her

Nurses share experiences of unsolicited comments and judgment about their appearance

Clinical update

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Updated NICE guidance focuses on diagnosis, red flag symptoms and when to seek emergency care

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Guidance focuses on individualised care for pressure ulcers, lower limbs and surgical wounds

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Resuscitation UK advice affirms role of advance care planning

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Picture shows a woman comforting a young girl while a nurse holds her arm

New guidelines focus on physical, psychological and pharmacological interventions

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Revised guidance details roles and competencies required of healthcare staff

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Updated guidance covers children with a tracheostomy or respiratory difficulties

Policy briefing

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Boy texting

Advice on how school nursing services in England can operate during imposed restrictions

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Picture shows two medics in discussion. Lack of personal protective equipment allows nurses to take a decision to protect themselves, RCN guidance says.

The implications for nurses of RCN guidance on care provision and inadequate PPE

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Picture of a newborn receiving ventilation

Concerns about standards of care with long-term ventilation reviewed by NCEPOD

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Image shows school teacher interacting with young people in a classroom lesson

Public Health England focuses on promoting critical importance of mental health

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Picture of a child alone on a park bench

How will the new safeguarding partners differ from local safeguarding children’s boards?

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Child at top of stairs may fall

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents calls for preventive action across the ages

Journal scan

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Measles

Childhood measles can affect post-bronchodilator airflow obstruction in later life

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Woman with a small child looking at a smartphone

Study shows that children respond to videos on smartphone screens but do not benefit educationally

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A woman sitting with a child on her knee

Study finds women parenting children with cancer have lower incomes than those with children who do not

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parasitic worms

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh who tested the Heligmosomoides polygyrus Alarmin Release Inhibitor (HpARI) on mice hope findings will lead to using the protein as the...

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Cannabis

Findings follows 36 studies of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials of children and adults who have a rare form of epilepsy

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