Call for healthcare staff exemptions after long-term permits were deemed invalid
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Health visitors believe they need more training to better support new mothers experiencing mental health problems, according to new research.
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Academic says nurses and health visitors are the ones who interact with the public and interpret policy
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Six thousand fewer mature students have applied to study nursing, according to UCAS figures
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older people are rarely acknowledged by service providers, says a new report.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard nurse failed to perform CPR on care home resident and called 111 instead of 999.
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Black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses are disproportionately referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) by employers – report.
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Nurses are more likely to take sickness leave if working 12-hour shift patterns, new research shows.
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Hospitals had to close their doors to ambulances almost twice as often this winter compared with the previous three years, figures show
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The NHS could suffer a nursing shortage of up to 42,000 just six years after Brexit, a leaked government projection claims.
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The decision in 2015 to stop a national evidence review on safe staffing was ‘shocking’ and has had ongoing policy implications, a senior nurse researcher has said.
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A study into the effectiveness of Schwartz Center Rounds on healthcare staff has revealed that the program could increase empathy for patients and
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Nurses with ideas for healthcare projects to improve health outcomes of black and minority ethic communities are being encouraged to apply for funding
Not all patients and nurses benefit from the system on hospital wards known as intentional rounding in which nurses carry out one hourly rounds to improve care, according to research
Investment will ensure people have equity of access, says a nurse researcher.
The RCN is to consult nurses on how it should respond to continuing pay restraint – including whether members should consider taking industrial action.
Nurses’ influence on policy making is under the spotlight at this year’s RCN International Nursing Research Conference, which has begun in Oxford.
The chief nursing officer for England has defended the delay in transferring £10 million of learning disability funding from services provided in hospitals to those in community settings.
The new chief nurse at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has placed emphasis on an agile workforce to deal with the rapidly changes to cancer care.
