Jane Cummings: Nurses need to take ownership of sustainability and transformation plans
Nurses' clinical expertise and local understanding will be crucial to the development and...
21 Mar 2017
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Sally Garbett: Apprentices and nursing associates will boost, not devalue, the...
Vocational career pathways into nursing are gathering momentum – and being met with...
18 Mar 2017
Jane Bates: Stop squandering money on quango chiefs and pay nurses what they are worth
Why should nurses settle for a miserly 1% pay increase when senior officials are still...
17 Mar 2017
Rachel Taylor: Patients have a right to know the results of research
A theatre project is using a performance to disseminate the results of a research programme...
15 Mar 2017
Sir Stephen Moss: We must not repeat the mistakes of Mid Staffs
The NHS is experiencing many of the pressures that led to catastrophic failures of care at...
10 Mar 2017
Jane Bates: Keep complaints in perspective
Some complaints are caused by a simple misunderstanding, so don't take them too much to...
10 Mar 2017
Crystal Oldman: We forget the extraordinary work of district nurses at our peril
Shadowing a Queen's Nurse at work reminded QNI chief executive Crystal Oldman of the...
09 Mar 2017
Helene Donnelly: For the NHS to cope with this crisis, managers must listen to nurses
Mid Staffs whistleblower Helene Donnelly says with many services stretched to breaking point...
07 Mar 2017
Caroline Shuldham: the challenges of coping with change and spreading improvement
Drawing on The Health Foundation's three key lessons for spreading successful improvement...
07 Mar 2017
Jane Bates: Working on the frontline can feel like a battle
With military metaphors abounding in the NHS, Jane Bates reflects on fighting the 'enemy' -...
02 Mar 2017
Yvonne Coghill: The NHS is at the forefront of change for BME people in the workplace
The Workforce Race Equality Standard has raised awareness of inequality in the NHS, with...
28 Feb 2017
Susan Osborne: Introduce mandated nurse-to-patient ratios before it is too late
At a time when the NHS is facing unprecedented demand, only nationally mandated ratios will...
28 Feb 2017
Tackling transition will improve the recovery of young people with eating disorders
Research nurse Sarah J Taylor, with UK eating disorder charity Beat and the Burdett Trust,...
28 Feb 2017
Jane Bates: To sleep, perchance to dream
When work-related stress causes you to channel your inner Shakespeare, it’s time to get a...
27 Feb 2017
Amanda Cheesley: why continence should be the seventh ‘C’
Continence care is a fundamental nursing skill and should be a compulsory element of pre-...
22 Feb 2017
Myeloma UK: patients need time and space to ask questions
A report from a national charity has found many myeloma patients are unsure what questions...
22 Feb 2017
World Encephalitis Day: Learn more about the neurological condition
On World Encephalitis Day, lead nurse for acute and emergency clinical research Claire...
22 Feb 2017
Rod Thomson: STPs have alienated the people who could have made them work
The aims of sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are reasonable, but they were...
21 Feb 2017