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Illustration of a tick against a 'No' box, as cross-union group calls for nurses to reject new pay offer

Nurses must reject pay offer, urges cross-union group

NHS Workers Say No group says new offer falls far too short of unions’ initial demands

Senior nurse Tara Iles (second from left) with staff at the Southmead Hospital menopause café in Bristol

How a menopause café is supporting nurses at work

Senior nurse Tara Iles wanted healthcare staff to have a safe space to talk

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay says funding for nurse pay offer will be ‘a matter for the chancellor’

Growing doubts about how nurse pay offer will be funded

Government will not increase budget to pay for it, so will existing NHS coffers be raided?

Nurses slam 5% pay offer as a ‘slap in the face’

Poll of Nursing Standard readers on Twitter reveals majority dismayed by pay offer

Nurses urged to vote for the new 5% pay offer

RCN and DHSC have agreed to put forward a pay increase of 5% for 2023-24

Strikers at the University Hospital of North Durham

Nurses’ pay: new deal expected to be agreed today

Offer could be one-off payment for this year and maximum of 5% for 2023-24

Evidence and Practice

Co-production of a video-based positive behaviour support intervention

Positive behaviour support: video-based intervention

Supporting a young autistic person by engaging him in the co-production of a video

Breaking bad news to people with learning disabilities: barriers and tools

Breaking bad news to people with learning disabilities: barriers and tools

Barriers to, and tools for, breaking bad news to people with learning disabilities

Nursing students’ experiences of developing a university curriculum for learning disability

Experiences of developing a university curriculum for learning disability

Report on a new nursing student-designed learning disability nursing programme

Recognising visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities

Recognising visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities

Explore the causes and consequences of cortical visual impairment

Taking blood from a person with a learning disability: reflections on a parent’s perspective

Taking blood from a person with a learning disability

Learn about reasonable adjustments for people undergoing a blood test or injection

Improving access to breast cancer screening by women with learning disabilities: a literature review

Improving access to breast cancer screening by women with learning disabilities

A literature review of the barriers women with learning disabilities can experience

Features

People with a learning disability are more likely to develop dementia than the general population and to do so at an earlier age

How to spot the signs of dementia earlier in people with learning disabilities

What nurses and carers need to know about early diagnosis and support services

Living with autism: why my late-diagnosis was such a relief

Nurse Gerard Wainwright now wants to improve opportunities for neurodivergent people

Hostile patients: how to deal with aggression, verbal attacks and other forms of abuse

Advice on steps to take, de-escalation tips and why incidents should never be normalised

Integrated care systems: why they’re going to matter to you (if they don’t already)

A seamless health and care system sounds like the perfect plan – but will ICSs work?

Specialist nurse team’s sleep project helps children with severe learning disabilities

Nurses trained as sleep counsellors and ran online workshops to support families and carers

Overworked and planning to leave – but what will it take to make you stay?

What some employers are doing, and the practical steps others can take to keep staff

Opinion

Cawston Park hospital in Norfolk, which was closed following an inspection after the death of Ben King (inset): why do too many health professionals assume people with learning disabilities matter less and how can we overcome such discrimination?

Learning disabilities: are your choices at work always right?

Why do many health professionals accept poor care and how to overcome such discrimination

Illustration shows woman in bed sleeping happily: adults with learning disabilities face a range of sleep issues affecting quality of life, but there are strategies nurses can share to improve quality of sleep

Tips and actions to improve quality of sleep

Adults with learning disabilities face a range of sleep issues but new strategies can help

Why is the term ‘challenging behaviour’ so offensive for some?

It was not intended as a label, but some deem the term an offensive diagnostic stamp

Students

Student-led wards: can they help boost your clinical skills and confidence?

Collaborative learning puts students at the forefront of decision-making

A well-being app for your nursing course: ShinyMind for students

New version of the popular app will focus on the challenges of nursing studies

Climate emergency: how nursing students can lead greener practice

How to share your knowledge of greener practice with the whole nursing team

Careers

Nurse talent managers in the NHS: what does this relatively new role involve?

Established to attract, retain and develop staff, these roles are a great career move too

How mentoring can help overseas nurses reach senior roles

A programme supporting Filipino nurses, plus tips for getting the most out of mentoring

How secondment could transform your career or offer a new direction

What you can gain from a role switch and the learning opportunities it brings

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