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Jane Bates: Beware the Christmas Eve cocktails
From cracked ribs to a sore back, the Yuletide festivities are not without hazard for Jane...
28 Nov 2017
Howard Catton: Nursing will be a powerhouse for global change in 2018
With a new chief nursing officer at the WHO and the start of the Nursing Now! campaign, 2018...
27 Nov 2017
Matter over mind: physical causes of mental illness
The old argument that the roots of mental illness may lie in the body, not the mind, has...
27 Nov 2017
Katrina McNamara: Government action vital to improve children's palliative care...
Out of hours children's palliative care services are vital to support the families of...
23 Nov 2017
Crystal Oldman: Policymakers should shadow a district nurse for a day
To truly understand the highly skilled, complex care delivered by district nurses in...
20 Nov 2017
Jane Bates: Is the right to see a GP such an outdated idea?
All patients deserve a face-to-face medicines review with their GP. Not only is this in the...
20 Nov 2017
Ellen McPake: We must protect patients from the internet's bogus cures and...
Inaccurate and misleading online health information manipulates vulnerable people. Nurses...
14 Nov 2017
Yvonne Coghill: Grenfell Tower nurse makes me proud of our profession
Simone Williams, one of the first nurses on the scene at the Grenfell Tower fire, worked...
13 Nov 2017
Gail Miles: How a nurse-led unit supports patients with respiratory disease
Set up ten years ago in Rotherham, a former coalmining community with high rates of COPD,...
13 Nov 2017
Jane Bates: Madness of NHS plan to ask patients their gender preference
A directive from NHS England asking health professionals to record the sexual orientation of...
10 Nov 2017
Caroline Shuldham: Schwartz rounds help ease stress, foster teamwork
Attending Schwartz rounds enables staff to share experiences with colleagues and discuss the...
10 Nov 2017
Sara Gorton: Why a pat on the back is simply not good enough for NHS staff
Praise for NHS staff is all very well, but it means nothing if it is not matched with extra...
08 Nov 2017
Jane Bates: Flexible working just a dream until NHS is adequately staffed
While the concept of flexible, family-friendly working is very welcome, it is just a pipe...
08 Nov 2017
Janet Davies: Investment in nursing must not stop at new recruits
More funding to train nursing associates and graduate apprentices is welcome, but developing...
07 Nov 2017
Karen Stansfield: The future of health visiting is at risk
A downward trend in the number of health visitor training places being taken up could be...
03 Nov 2017
Jane Bates: Frail and elderly or fit for work?
The baby boomer generation is expected to work until approaching age 70 but they are...
01 Nov 2017
Sue Kellie: How nurses can help homeless young people
Nurses can help homeless young people find a solution to physical and mental health problem...
31 Oct 2017
Rhian Burke: Bereavement support after our baby’s death could have saved my husband
Days after Rhian Burke’s baby son died in an emergency department, her husband took his own...
30 Oct 2017