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Wales safe staffing law plays key role in rising agency spend, report finds
NHS Grampian prepares to welcome Australian nursing graduates, thanks to NMC rule change
Bereavement support led by senior nurses or doctors ‘gives loved ones closure’
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Wales safe staffing law plays key role in rising agency spend, report finds
Wales Audit Office also cites lack of NHS pay growth as contributing factor
NHS Grampian prepares to welcome Australian nursing graduates, thanks to NMC rule change
Newly qualified cohort will help the Scottish employer fill band 5 vacancies
Bereavement support led by senior nurses or doctors ‘gives loved ones closure’
Matron-led service resolved concerns that might otherwise have escalated to formal complaints
‘Powerful duo’ will lead RCN council’s drive to reconnect with members
New chair Sue Warner says the year ahead ‘will be a challenging one’
Staff shortages could derail NHS funding boost plans
Report warns extra money promised for NHS may be lost to agency costs – or not used at all
New guidance focuses on how to safely deploy nursing associates
Resource published ahead of new staff joining register at end of January
Analysis
NHS Long Term Plan is big on ambition, so why is it short of nurses’ support?
Critics say the 10-year strategy cannot succeed until the NHS staffing crisis is resolved
Nurse suicide: why NHS employers need to learn from past tragedies
Employers could be missing opportunities to improve psychological support for staff
Weapons, toasters or fish: what gift will a patient give you today?
A token of gratitude is always welcome – but check whether it may compromise your role
Review of 2018: The pay deal creates fallout and nurse leaders bow out
We look back on the year’s events, from a controversial pay rise to a vote of no confidence
Transforming children’s mental health services: the key points
With £300 million earmarked for such services, how will this affect nurses?
CQC to work with NHS Improvement to support mental health trusts
Regulator finds mental healthcare in reasonable shape, but significant problems remain
Clinical update
Quality standard for eating disorders highlights need for closer liaison between teams
Eating disorders guidance from NICE calls for better coordination and earlier access to care
Updated NICE guidance on dementia care
First update in a decade says staff working with people who have dementia need extra training
Consider the risks associated with ADHD
New National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines suggest that early signs of...
Recognise and respond to child abuse and neglect
Read our summary of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance to help...
Parkinson’s disease
Updated guidance from NICE on the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease includes...
Multiple morbidities assessment
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released its new guidelines...
Policy briefing
Updated National Early Warning Score
In December 2017, the Royal College of Physicians updated the National Early Warning Score...
Acas guidance on sexual harassment in the workplace
Acas has produced new guidance on recognising sexual harassment in the workplace and the...
Acid attacks
Read our policy briefing on new guidance for helping in the immediate aftermath when people...
Scotland's new mental health strategy ...
Read our policy briefing on the Scottish government's new ten-year mental health strategy.
Policy update: physical restraint in healthcare settings in England and Wales
Memorandam of Understanding clarifies when police and nursing staff should respond to...
Responding to a request to hasten death
The RCN has published updated guidance on assisted suicide.
Journal scan
Parents’ mental health impaired when children are seriously ill
Parents whose children need intensive care treatment suffer clinically significant...
Alcohol use disorders a major risk for dementia, especially early-onset
Alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia, especially early-...
Learning, memory problems seen in adolescents with OCD
Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder have learning and memory problems that could...
Women prone to mood swings prompted by season, daylight
Women experience seasonal changes in their mood across the year, including more depression...
Singing in groups shown to promote recovery, improve mental health
Singing in groups could help improve patients’ mental health, promoting a feeling of...
Young show perfectionism more than past generations
Young people display greater perfectionist tendencies today than 30 years ago due to the...
Podcast
From Jamaica to the UK: my experiences as a Windrush nurse
Series 3 Episode 8: Pearly Morgan talks about her arrival in the 1960s and career in the NHS
Hear how a nurse-led acute response team dramatically reduced cardiac arrest
Series 3 Episode 6: Nurse practitioner Amor Palada talks about preventing cardiac arrest
Reaching out to nursing students via the internet
Series 3 Episode 4: how the online Student Nurse Project is connecting students nationwide...
Nursing Standard podcast: Could parliament's Brexit chaos be the catalyst for...
Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
'Integrate the four fields of nursing,' leading academic tells the Nursing...
A two-stream system should be introduced to replace the four fields, nurse leader tells...
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