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Matt Hancock: 'determined to return commitment put in by staff'
New York nurses receive $20.8 million settlement for gender discrimination
Investment vital to ensure NHS plans a reality for mental health workforce
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Matt Hancock: 'determined to return commitment put in by staff'...
New health and social care secretary commits to championing undervalued staff
New York nurses receive $20.8 million settlement for gender discrimination
City of New York concedes that nurses can retire early due to ‘physically demanding’ role
Investment vital to ensure NHS plans a reality for mental health workforce
Targeted recruitment drive needed to fill 7,600 mental health nursing vacancies, says RCN’s...
HPV vaccination programme to be extended to boys in Scotland and Wales
Adolescent boys will have vaccine to offer protection from HPV-related disease and cancers
Posthumous Queen's award for nurse who helped others at London Bridge terror attack...
Ms Boden awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery
Parents of babies in neonatal care failing to receive mental health support
Many parents lack access to mental health support when babies are in neonatal care – survey
Analysis
Why NHS pay agreement needs to mark the start of better deals for all UK nurses
Non-AfC staff and NHS nurses across the UK will be looking for a pay rise too
Diabetes: why mental well-being is so important for glycaemic control
Depression often goes hand in hand with a diabetes diagnosis, but support is sorely lacking
EXCLUSIVE: The short staffing that is threatening patient safety across the UK
Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey results add weight to case for safe staffing law
Nurse training targeted to reduce suicide rate
Initiative aims to cut suicides by 10%; funding focused on eight hotspots
How fitness to practise fears raise suicide risk for troubled nurses
Campaign group calls for better support for nurses reported to regulator
Employers fall short in tackling staff stress and burnout
Survey shows efforts to provide clinical supervision and relaxation classes aren’t reaching...
Clinical update
Identifying and treating urinary tract infections: new NICE guidelines
Recommendations on diagnosing and managing UTIs
Identifying and treating Lyme disease: new NICE guidelines
Caused by bites from infected ticks, Lyme disease requires prompt treatment to avoid...
Dignity in healthcare for people with learning disabilities
The RCN’s latest edition of its guidance Dignity in Health Care for People with Learning...
NICE standards on end of life care for children
Six new standards on end of life care for children with a life-limiting or life-threatening...
NICE guidance on asthma diagnosis and management
New tests to help diagnose asthma and a change in how to offer medicines are recommended in...
New recommendations on acute non-invasive ventilation
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death calls for major improvements...
Policy briefing
Advice on setting out of hours staffing levels for specialist palliative care
Guidance seeks to define the minimum nurse and doctor numbers required to maintain 24-hour...
RCN guidance on reasonable adjustments for staff affected by disability
The RCN has updated its peer support service guide for staff affected by an impairment or...
Support for men with cancer to keep working
A new guide, Working with Cancer, aims to support men to continue working after a diagnosis...
Staff retention: employers advised to listen more to nurses
New guidance on staff retention from NHS Improvement encourages employers to listen to...
New voluntary standards for general practice nurses
New voluntary standards on the education and practice of senior general practice nurses have...
Acas guidance on sexual harassment in the workplace
Acas has produced new guidance on recognising sexual harassment in the workplace and the...
Journal scan
Hospitals underestimate number of staff needed to prevent infections
Study suggests new benchmark
COPD: patients in need of reassurance say they value input from clinicians
Healthcare professionals' support prevents people with COPD feeling overwhelmed by symptoms
Diet study offers hope for people with epilepsy
Bacteria may help limit seizures, study of high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet finds
Sharing surveillance of infectious diseases could reduce use of antibiotics
International study found diagnoses improved through shared use of surveillance systems
Sham operation casts doubt on back treatment
Surgery to repair spinal fractures was no more effective than a sham procedure
Cognitive impairment linked to less need for pain relief
Pain is less frequently reported in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment
Podcast
Nursing Standard Podcast: Mental health and medicines management
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Episode 7 of the Nursing Standard podcast has an interview with nurse peer Baroness Mary...
Nursing Standard podcast: Tool to help you spot signs of modern slavery in a patient
In episode 6 the podcast talks to nurse Louise Cahill about a tool to help spot signs of...
Nursing Standard podcast: Agile working
Tissue viability nurse Debbie Wickens takes us on her rounds
Nursing Standard podcast: Change is in the care
Ensuring people without a permanent home receive the same standard of palliative care is not...
Nursing student bursary was ‘far from ideal,’ says nurse MP Maria Caulfield
The nursing student bursary should not be championed as the best way to train nurses and new...
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