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Healthcare staff urged to talk to patients who may feel suicidal
Head of charity Papyrus says staff must take the first step
26 Jan 2017
‘Factors that protect against suicide less well understood than risk’
Research is needed into the relationships that protect people against suicide risk, says...
26 Jan 2017
Hospital staff lack confidence and knowledge to care for people with mental health...
Hospital staff often lack the knowledge or confidence to care for people with mental health...
26 Jan 2017
Counsellors reluctant to disclose clients’ suicide risk to GPs
Counsellors ‘massively under-report’ clients at risk of harming themselves
26 Jan 2017
New guidance for police and healthcare workers on use of restraint
Guidance has been drawn up to clarify the role of police in responding to incidents...
25 Jan 2017
NMC agrees to regulate nursing associate role
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) agrees to be regulator for new nursing associates.
25 Jan 2017
Schools should revisit their anti-bullying policy to help prevent suicide
Expert on suicide prevention tells conference to stop ignoring victims of bullying.
25 Jan 2017
Use local suicide prevention plans, urges mental health charity chief
Mind chief executive Paul Farmer said local suicide prevention plans will only succeed if...
25 Jan 2017
‘Suicidal, phobic, anxious’: mental health nurse shares personal story
An experienced director of nursing who was hospitalised with depression has publicly shared...
24 Jan 2017
Nursing associate regulation could cost £4 million to set up, says NMC
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has set out the benefits and risks of regulating nursing...
20 Jan 2017
Almost all hospitals in England have nurse shortages, data reveals
Hospitals are running wards with a dangerously low number of nurses and are using healthcare...
20 Jan 2017
Pay cap could see nurse pay fall by thousands in real terms by 2020
Trades Union Congress analysis of public sector pay restraint reveals bleak picture for...
19 Jan 2017
More staff are working without breaks, claims RCN
Some nurses working up to 12 hours without a break, food, or even a glass of water
19 Jan 2017
Nurses urged to lobby MPs to attend NHS pay debate
A parliamentary debate on scrapping NHS pay caps will take place at the end of this month...
18 Jan 2017
Nurse pay looks set for parliamentary debate
Petition tops 100k signatures after nurses lose 14% in real terms
17 Jan 2017
Department of Health backs overhaul of the NMC’s fitness to practise process
Fundamental changes to the NMC’s legal framework could speed up fitness to practise cases.
12 Jan 2017
UK faces shortage of 36,000 nurses by 2030, study claims
Research projection shows shortfall of thousands of nurses in the UK.
11 Jan 2017
BME staff less likely to raise concerns in the workplace
Asian and black healthcare staff are significantly less likely to whistleblow than their...
11 Jan 2017