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The safety net with too many holes in it
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in 2007 to protect the rights of...
17 Feb 2016
Vanguards: the quest for joined-up care
Organisations in vanguard areas are developing new ways of working to improve and integrate...
10 Feb 2016
Better care for men with genital trauma
Mental health nurse Pride Gaka-Chisoro’s award-winning research into soldiers’ experience of...
10 Feb 2016
Amazing courage in the Calais ‘Jungle’
Staff nurse Holly Howe completed a six-week volunteer placement at the Calais migrant camp’s...
10 Feb 2016
Time to break the continence taboo
Millions of people in the UK experience continence problems that can have a devastating...
10 Feb 2016
Zero tolerance for unhealthy attitudes
A report published last year by Stonewall revealed the persistence of negative attitudes to...
03 Feb 2016
LGBT youth missing out on support
According to a Department of Health-funded study young LGBT people are at increased risk of...
03 Feb 2016
Shock therapies
Therapies administered by mental health nurses, aimed at ‘curing’ gay people of their sexual...
03 Feb 2016
Ease the path from acute to community
NICE offers guidelines on how to ensure patients have the social support they need to leave...
27 Jan 2016
A caring approach for people in crisis
Jane Murphy is nurse lead for Operation Emblem, in which mental health nurses work with...
27 Jan 2016
The many benefits of ‘always events’
Simple changes that make a huge difference to patients are being implemented through the...
27 Jan 2016
When one question leads to another
From February, NICE guidelines call for enhanced support for patients in emergency...
20 Jan 2016
Getting clever to beat tuberculosis
A pioneering tuberculosis contact tracing project is combating the high number of cases of...
20 Jan 2016
Towards a better understanding
A new website from Alzheimer’s Research UK aims to help young children, juniors and...
13 Jan 2016
Changing the realities of poverty in pregnancy
Pregnant women from disadvantaged, vulnerable or excluded groups are more likely to have...
13 Jan 2016
So you want to meet Elvis?
Eden House care home in County Durham, part of Helen McArdle Care, was rated ‘outstanding’...
13 Jan 2016
Looking back with pride 1916-2016
The RCN celebrates its centenary this year. In the past century it has grown into a unique...
06 Jan 2016
A modern take on menopause
Old scare stories about hormone replacement therapy and lack of training among healthcare...
06 Jan 2016