Analysis
CQC to work with NHS Improvement to support mental health trusts
Regulator finds mental healthcare in reasonable shape, but significant problems remain
25 Oct 2018
What does high turnover in nurse director posts really mean for the profession?
With Nursing Standard research showing trend remains unchanged, experts consider the impact
18 Oct 2018
RCNi launches interactive decision support tool created by nurses for nurses
Evidence-based resource aids clinical decision-making at the bedside
11 Sep 2018
Boosting support for people with cancer who are at high risk of suicide
Public Health England's examination of patients’ cause of death highlights the need for...
22 Aug 2018
Nurse training targeted to reduce suicide rate
Initiative aims to cut suicides by 10%; funding focused on eight hotspots
14 Jun 2018
What’s happened to the mental health nursing workforce?
RCN warning for one year old mental health workforce plan, suggesting initial targets will...
12 Jun 2018
How fitness to practise fears raise suicide risk for troubled nurses
Campaign group calls for better support for nurses reported to regulator
08 Jun 2018
Personality disorders: how the new consensus statement seeks to improve care and...
Consensus statement looks to overturn stigma of personality disorders
04 Jun 2018
Child support services often miss clues from past trauma, say mental health experts
Many mental health problems are linked to adverse childhood experiences, but young people...
04 Apr 2018
Mother and baby units in perinatal mental health
In February, NHS England announced a £23 million additional investment in perinatal mental...
14 Mar 2018
Exclusive: The threats to safety faced by nurses who work alone
Nurses who work alone are subject to a multitude of dangers
09 Mar 2018
Road block looms over bid to link pay to productivity
This latest article in our series on the 2018 pay negotiations looks at what is shaping up...
22 Feb 2018
Survey reveals end of life care compromised
Difficulties in delivering a dignified death intesify
21 Feb 2018
Shake-up of flawed pay bands system could make it quicker to get to the top
The third of our series of articles setting the scene for the 2018 negotiations on nurses’...
15 Feb 2018
Get the balance right: what the NHS has to do to improve mental health services
A report by The King's Fund reveals the fundamental problems that mental health services in...
14 Feb 2018
Unions seize chance to modernise NHS pay structure with fairer grading
Nearly 15 years since the implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system, introduced to...
08 Feb 2018
Reinstate nurse training budgets and make realistic pay offer, MPs tell the government
Commons health committee's report on the nursing workforce issues sweeping recommendations,...
26 Jan 2018
When disaster strikes: the specialists in traumatic bereavement and conflict-related...
The Peace Foundation and consultant mental health nurse Nikki Lester are helping people with...
15 Jan 2018