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Home care services could save NHS millions, says report
NHS providers could save around £120 million by increasing the use of clinical home care,...
18 Oct 2016
More hospitals should join campaign to support dementia patients, say nursing leaders
Nurses, carers and patients have called for more hospitals to sign up to a UK campaign to...
17 Oct 2016
Prison nurses praised for their end of life care
High quality of palliative care at HMP Norwich is recognised with a national award
13 Oct 2016
Social care at ‘tipping point’, CQC warns
Adult social care is approaching tipping point, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned...
13 Oct 2016
‘Older people with dementia need tailored talking therapies’
Older people with dementia must be able to access tailored talking therapies to tackle...
12 Oct 2016
Care watchdog warns over financial pressures on adult services
The quality and safety of care services for older and disabled people in England risks being...
12 Oct 2016
Nursing Older People Award now open for entries in the RCNi Nurse Awards 2017
Older people’s nurses are invited to enter the 2017 RCNi Nurse Awards - the UK nursing...
12 Oct 2016
Stop 'disinvestment' in nursing to improve end of life care
An RCN seminar on end of life issues heard how action was needed to end ‘disinvestment’ in...
29 Sep 2016
RCN sets out timetable for ANP accreditation project
The RCN is taking a phased approach to advanced nurse practitioner accreditation.
29 Sep 2016
Nurses experience old age through innovative simulation suit
NHS staff are to get the opportunity to feel the effects of old age.
28 Sep 2016
Sharp rise in deprivation of liberty safeguard applications, latest figures reveal
More than 75,000 people in England were deprived of their liberty from April 2015 to March...
28 Sep 2016
New dementia strategy for nurses
Nurses caring for those with dementia are urged to fit the care they provide to the...
27 Sep 2016
TV show Baywatch inspires falls prevention at Southampton General
Staff take on ‘bay watcher’ brief in pilot on older people’s wards.
26 Sep 2016
Union invites public to thank nurses for the job they do
Unison aims to highlight work of nurses and other public servants ahead of government...
26 Sep 2016
Healthcare assistants being used as 'nurses on the cheap', says new report
NHS healthcare assistants (HCAs) are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or...
23 Sep 2016
Care homes still using antipsychotics to quieten dementia patients, study finds
Lack of staff could be the reason why too many UK care homes are still using a ‘chemical...
21 Sep 2016
Brexit threatens future of 78,000 social care workers, report warns
Failure to recruit sufficient numbers of British-born care workers could leave older people...
21 Sep 2016
Chief nurses say community nursing is key to healthier future across UK
Community nursing holds key to tackling health challenges and inequalities in UK populations
19 Sep 2016