Analysis
Leadership and efficiency – chief nurse’s vision for better outcomes
Better patient outcomes and experience, as well as better use of resources for nurses and...
25 May 2016
Nursing’s first revalidators give the process an early vote of confidence
Ever since a 2011 Commons health committee report described the nursing regulator’s system...
18 May 2016
Nurses facing fitness to practise hearings ‘pushed to breaking point’
Registrants under NMC investigation can experience poor mental health while waiting years...
11 May 2016
Overseas recruits’ English exam: a proper safety check or red tape?
The director of workforce at a trust that struggles to recruit nurses from outside the...
04 May 2016
Should we stay or should we go? Referendum reflections for nurses
With the EU referendum looming, nurses will be weighing up what a vote to stay in, or to...
27 Apr 2016
Why a dual career in research and practice is the road less travelled
There are simply not enough nurses expanding the profession’s essential evidence base....
20 Apr 2016
Review of hospital palliative care services reveals end of life lottery
The now-defunct Liverpool Care Pathway has been replaced by NHS provision that is patchy and...
13 Apr 2016
Nurses may fall at revalidation’s first hurdle without CPD support
Nurses have raised concerns about their ability to meet the continuing professional...
30 Mar 2016
The NHS needs you – and it has to work harder than ever to keep you
The number of employers in the NHS paying extra to attract or retain staff in England is...
23 Mar 2016
NHS adopts the carrot approach to staff wellbeing – but will it pay off?
NHS England is to offer trusts financial incentives to boost their employees’ wellbeing.
16 Mar 2016
Stereotypes and cultural cringe still keeping men out of nursing
Fewer than one in ten nursing student places are filled by men, and some in the profession...
09 Mar 2016
Collapse in overseas nurse recruits exposes UK’s staffing shortfall
A ‘collapse’ in the number of overseas nurses coming to work in the NHS is contributing to...
02 Mar 2016
Downbanded or deleted – how the NHS is shedding its senior nurses
Some of the most experienced nurses have been lost to NHS employers in the past five years,...
24 Feb 2016
Lord Carter’s model hospitals aim to save the NHS £5 billion a year
A lack of standardised procedures in the use of resources across acute hospitals is costing...
17 Feb 2016
Let Twitter and Facebook improve rather than ruin your practice
Even though social media is a part of everyday life, many nurses seem wary of using it in...
10 Feb 2016
Safe staffing guidance still elusive – three years on from Mid Staffs
Evidence reviews into safe nurse staffing that reveal gaps in available information have led...
03 Feb 2016
A cap of 1% on pay means nurses will feel the squeeze even more
The Department of Health’s (DH) evidence to the independent NHS Pay Review Body (RB),...
27 Jan 2016
Retirement and replacement – the double whammy for primary care
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has spelled out the main issues facing general practice...
20 Jan 2016