'Avoid assumptions about capacity in people with learning disabilities'...
The temptation to ensure people with learning disabilities make the ‘right’ decision...
13 Oct 2017
News
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Cavell Nurses' Trust lays wreath to honour nurse hero...
A commemoration of the life of nursing hero Edith Cavell has taken place in London.
12 Oct 2017
Letters urge nurses to get and promote flu jab
Nurses have received written reminders of the importance of encouraging all their patients...
12 Oct 2017
Abortion clinic nurse welcomes town hall's resolve to protect staff and patients...
Local authority to look at how to stop protesters from making patients and staff feel...
12 Oct 2017
Exhibition shows first world war as seen through the lens of female nurses
A new exhibition of rarely seen photographs featuring – and taken by – nurses serving on the...
12 Oct 2017
Major flu outbreak could see routine operations suspended
Routine operations could 'cease for several months' if NHS hospitals have to deal with a...
12 Oct 2017
Jeremy Hunt to announce £20k 'golden hello' for GPs starting in rural areas...
GPs in training will receive a 'golden hello' of £20,000 if they start their careers in the...
12 Oct 2017
New report highlights fall in number of NHS nurses in England
Staff figure falls for first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013.
12 Oct 2017
NHS will need more cash for salary rises after pay cap scrapped, ministers warn
Ministers have been warned they will need to find additional funding for the NHS if staff...
11 Oct 2017
Nurses to lobby MPs for tougher sanctions on those who assault NHS staff
Nurses who have been assaulted while at work will lobby MPs next week to push for tougher...
11 Oct 2017
NMC reveals nursing associate draft proficiency standards
Six ‘platforms’ trainees are expected to reach on registration include accountability,...
10 Oct 2017
Care Quality Commission: Future of the NHS is precarious
The NHS is straining at the seams as it juggles problems with staffing shortages, rising...
10 Oct 2017
Up to one in four mental health nurse posts vacant
Regional vacancy breakdown highlights ‘deepening postcode lottery’ of care and chronic...
09 Oct 2017
Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old
Improved training for community palliative care should be a priority, in order to make life...
09 Oct 2017
Cuts to mental health leave staff facing violence and aggression, says Unison
Mental health workers have shared stories of being punched, bitten and kicked as they...
09 Oct 2017
Prince Harry joins MoD to promote mental health strategy for armed forces
Prince Harry is teaming up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to promote a new mental health...
09 Oct 2017
Animal therapy service set up by nurse helps people with severe mental health problems
People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being treated with dogs, rabbits and rats...
09 Oct 2017