Analysis
Regional variations in palliative end-of-life care
A new guideline on end of life care for children and young people is due out later this year
23 Sep 2016
FGM remains a hidden crime, say MPs
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a hidden crime and a ‘national scandal’, MPs warned...
22 Sep 2016
Efforts intensify to improve monitoring of sick children
Role of nurses highlighted in bid for better recognition and response to patient...
11 Aug 2016
Generic and specialist training: is the balance right?
Changes to the make-up of nursing education warrant more debate
05 Jul 2016
Understaffed transfer services may put infants’ lives at risk
Specialist neonatal transport services are essential parts of care provision for sick and...
09 May 2016
Travellers warned about Zika virus
NHS staff working in primary care have been advised to take a more precautionary approach to...
09 May 2016
Reflective practice is vital to the revalidation process
At the beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will...
11 Apr 2016
Care for children is changing
Transforming care has become a buzz phrase in the health service. Since NHS England’s Five-...
08 Mar 2016
Understanding the effects of eczema
Emotional and practical support is crucial for the families of children with eczema. This...
08 Mar 2016
Greater collaboration vital to treating asthma in the young
Asthma is now so common that in every classroom there will be, on average, at least two...
09 Feb 2016
Making school nurses ‘carer aware’
The number of children and young people who carry out a caring role in the home is unknown,...
09 Feb 2016
Key workers ‘essential’ for cancer care
The role of the key worker for children with cancer has been much talked about over the...
11 Dec 2015
Virtual children’s ward brings the hospital into the home
Lead nurse Zoe Tribble believes she manages a unique service. She oversees four other nurses...
11 Dec 2015
Mixed views on plans for a new nursing and midwifery strategy
England's chief nursing officer Jane Cummings and her team are busy drawing up the first...
12 Nov 2015
Charity highlights unhealthy postcodes for under fives
A leading children’s charity report has highlighted startling differences in health outcomes...
08 Oct 2015
Community children's teams need investment in push for seven-day care
Creating a seven-day NHS has emerged as one of the key health issues since the general...
08 Oct 2015
National children’s care report shows disparities in treatment
Hospital care for children and young people is good, but ‘worrying’ gaps remain in how some...
11 Sep 2015
NHS staff need to become advocates for healthier lives to give children 'best...
Much has been made by government and policymakers of the need for the NHS to become...
11 Sep 2015