What do planned closures of nursing schools mean for the future of the profession?
Loss of degree programmes exposes precarious state of nurse education funding
25 Feb 2025
Your views
Remote prescribing: is it ever good practice?
Striking off of nurse who prescribed Botox highlights risks of ignoring guidance
28 Jan 2025
The heavy-handed nursing police: is that how the NMC feels to you?
Regulator has been told to remember where there’s healthcare, there’s risk
10 Dec 2024
Should nursing students be allowed compassionate leave from clinical placements?
Time off to deal with a crisis would demonstrate compassion
26 Nov 2024
Should newly registered nurses start on band 6?
Band 6 starting point would aid recruitment, but may be too much too soon, says our panel
22 Oct 2024
When should nursing staff refuse to treat a patient?
Our panel discusses duty and safety when it comes to racist or violent patients
24 Sep 2024
Extra shifts: would you be willing to do more to help clear the NHS backlog?
NHS staff already work over their hours, often unpaid to help cut patient waiting times
16 Aug 2024
Would a gratitude scheme help make you feel valued?
Giving ‘hearts’ colleagues can swap for gifts – our readers consider if it has an impact
19 Jul 2024
Will revising job profiles change how nurses are valued?
Revisions to nursing bands may make little difference without appropriate pay rises
21 Jun 2024
Fitness to practise cases: is the NMC doing enough to tackle the backlog?
We ask our readers if more money will resolve the growing FtP caseload
19 Apr 2024
Can difficult personal circumstances excuse mistakes at work?
We ask our readers if factors outside of work should be considered relevant
26 Mar 2024
NHS pay: would a separate pay spine benefit nurses?
We ask our readers if a split from Agenda for Change is the best approach
23 Feb 2024
A year on from NHS industrial action, what has changed for nurses?
After the hard-won pay deal, we ask our readers’ panel how they feel about the dispute now
14 Dec 2023
Dreaded form-filling: would standardisation across all settings make your job easier?
Universal patient documentation and its potential to ease your admin burden
22 Nov 2023
Patient confidentiality and sharing patient data in your work WhatsApp group
What safeguards do you need to help you use instant messaging responsibly?
24 Aug 2023
Is it safe to ask nurses to move settings to fill-in the staffing gaps?
Nursing care is complex and staff from diverse specialties aren’t interchangeable
21 Jun 2023
Why does it feel like pay for care home and independent sector nurses is overlooked?
Are non-NHS staff under-estimated by the public and even their nursing colleagues?
20 Apr 2023
Rachel Black: Turning up the volume on children’s palliative care
This week is Children’s Hospice Week. Noah's Ark Children's Hospice director of care Rachel...
23 May 2017