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Work together to prevent infection
Nurse Tanya Kidson leads the team behind a set of assessment tools that are helping care...
01 Jul 2015
What about nursing’s ‘fourth dimension’?
The NMC’s revised code of conduct makes no specific mention of spirituality. Critics say...
01 Jul 2015
Vital signs of the times
A new camera-based technology has been developed to monitor vital signs without disturbing...
01 Jul 2015
A nurse who never gives up
Clinical nurse specialist Dorcas Gwata is the winner of the Mental Health category of this...
24 Jun 2015
Fit for the future
The health benefits of physical activity in managing and preventing chronic conditions have...
24 Jun 2015
Why women ignore first signs of cancer
A survey for Breast Cancer Care has revealed that women later diagnosed with breast cancer...
24 Jun 2015
Get them moving with a free app
Health visitors in Kent have helped to develop an app that promotes healthy activity in...
17 Jun 2015
Boxing clever in the pursuit of integrated care
There is a broad consensus that integrating services and organising care around the patient...
17 Jun 2015
Champs make their voice heard
As part of the first cohort of Diabetes UK local clinical champions, Claire Neely and Ruth...
17 Jun 2015
Do branches make it hard to be holistic?
In his report of the Shape of Caring review, Lord Willis proposes a flexible model of nurse...
10 Jun 2015
Rewriting the rules for outstanding care
Salford Health Matters, a social enterprise providing primary care to 15,000 patients, has...
10 Jun 2015
Ending the stigma of alcohol services
Alcohol community nurse Jill Emmerson set up a service in GP practices to engage hard-to-...
03 Jun 2015
Nurses need a voice in community care
The Five Year Forward View for the NHS in England proposes new models of care intended to...
03 Jun 2015
Using legislation to save patient lives
Wales is set to become the first UK country to establish a legal duty for safe nurse...
03 Jun 2015
‘A light at the end of the tunnel’
Northern Ireland is implementing a new nurse staffing model, backed by £12 million in extra...
27 May 2015
Designing the service around the patient
A nurse-led rheumatology team has cut waiting times and improved clinical outcomes by moving...
27 May 2015
How to pin down ‘butterfly’ care
An evaluation tool funded by the Department of Health has been developed to help hospitals...
27 May 2015
New Code punishes failure to speak out
The NMC’s new code of conduct places a strong emphasis on the duty of nurses and midwives to...
20 May 2015