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Lucy Dames: Hundreds die each year due to lack of organ donors
To mark the start of Organ Donation Week 2017, specialist nurse in organ donation for NHS...
17 Aug 2017
Ian Hamilton and Katharine Sacks-Jones: Nurses can help stop women dying early from...
Women who misuse drugs increasingly likely to die young. Nurses can help prevent these...
16 Aug 2017
Jane Bates: Why don’t people use the phone any more?
Finding time to send an email while coping with a ward full of demanding patients is a step...
16 Aug 2017
Susan Osborne: 2020 too late to solve nurse staffing crisis
The government’s pledge to fund an extra 10,000 training places is all well and good but...
15 Aug 2017
Amanda Burston: We all have a role to play in ending domestic abuse
As the RCN reaffirms its commitment to helping nurses tackle domestic abuse, former RCNi...
14 Aug 2017
Kevin Crimmons: 10,000 more training places is not as generous as it looks
Action on several fronts is required to boost the number of new recruits to nursing, says...
11 Aug 2017
Yvonne Coghill: The way nurses are being treated is a national tragedy
A footballer earns £537,000 a week while nurses go to food banks and do extra shifts just to...
08 Aug 2017
Anne Marie Rafferty: safe staffing campaigners can learn from climate change movement
It isn’t enough to bombard the public and policymakers with statistics on safe staffing –...
07 Aug 2017
Jane Bates: Please don’t make me ask ‘How did I do?’
The awkward process of gaining feedback for revalidation is proving something of a headache...
07 Aug 2017
Jane Bates: false glitter of golden hellos
Golden hellos may look attractive on the surface but a good old-fashioned pay rise is a much...
06 Aug 2017
Rod Thomson: Government rhetoric on public health not matched by its actions
Plans to end the public health grant break a promise and cast doubt over the future of vital...
03 Aug 2017
Juliet Albert: Don’t be afraid to talk about FGM
Female genital mutilation is a form of child abuse, often shrouded in secrecy. Talking about...
02 Aug 2017
Ian Hulatt: Will the money tree grow another branch for mental health service reform?
Government plans to create thousands of new mental health nursing posts are welcome but...
01 Aug 2017
Michael Nevill: Access to abortion after 20 weeks must be protected
Nurses need to understand why women present for later abortions and be prepared to advocate...
01 Aug 2017
Howard Catton: Hospitals must change or become monuments to disease
The vision of the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration, which recognised that improved access to...
31 Jul 2017
Jane Bates: No wonder we all hate hospitals
Coming back to the place where a loved one passed away can be hard for patients, and it is...
31 Jul 2017
Sue Morgan: Young people with cancer want more honesty from health professionals
A five-year research project shows that open and honest communication with health...
27 Jul 2017
Janet Davies: Join our summer of protest and voice your anger at the pay cap
If the government doesn’t scrap the cap, nurses will be driven away, costs will be driven up...
26 Jul 2017