Tackling public health problems
An academic sees a role for all nurses in tackling public health inequalities as his...
04 May 2017
News
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Mental health placement opens students’ eyes
Adult nursing students in London have been randomly selected to undergo a six-week placement...
04 May 2017
Nurses awarded Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowships
Ten nurses and allied health professionals have been awarded fellowships to travel abroad...
03 May 2017
Labour pledges to halt emergency department closures and review STPs
Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth promised a review of closures across the...
03 May 2017
Hands-on senior clinicians in A&E ‘could reduce demand’
Report says when consultants are in the emergency department to assess patients, there is...
03 May 2017
Hospital patient phones branded a 'rip off'...
Relatives who call patients in hospital are still being forced to pay 'rip off' charges of...
03 May 2017
RCN calls for politicians to end pay cap as nurses resort to hardship grants
Eight nurses a day seek urgent help to cope with the rising cost of living and one-in-four...
03 May 2017
NMC appoints new council members for 'exciting period of change'...
Two new council members have been appointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
02 May 2017
Prime minister avoids question on nurses using food banks
Theresa May critised by nursing leaders and Labour MPs for failing to explicitly say if it...
02 May 2017
Ward introduces bedside nurse handovers to improve rapport with patients
How one hospital increased the amount of time nursing staff spend with patients.
02 May 2017
England ‘faces shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020’
England could be hit by a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020 and almost half of all nurses...
02 May 2017
End of life helpline should be UK-wide, says widowed nurse
A pioneering helpline supporting palliative care patients in their final months is reducing...
02 May 2017
Nurse helps create asthma film for children
A respiratory nurse consultant has worked on a two-minute video aimed at encouraging...
02 May 2017
Children’s hospices face crisis as nurse shortage worsens
Charity report calls for urgent action as the vacancy rate in children’s hospice nursing...
28 Apr 2017
Government avoids defeat in vote on nursing bursaries
The government comfortably avoided a symbolic defeat over funding for nursing students in...
28 Apr 2017
More MS nurses could reduce rising A&E admissions
New analysis shows the number of emergency department admissions for people with Multiple...
27 Apr 2017
Low nurse staffing levels put patients at greater risk of death, study warns
Results from major study highlight serious consequences of low staffing levels.
27 Apr 2017