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It's time to ditch the 'therapeutic relationship'

Steve Flatt argues that the NHS needs to ditch the 'therapeutic relationship' for...

Crystal Oldman: ‘We can help make your fabulous ideas a reality’

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has a proud record of supporting nurse innovators in practice...

Why taking a nap is a white-knuckle ride

Jane Bates takes a reckless rest in the silly season.

The targets culture skews clinical priorities and wastes resources

RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe calls for a radical new approach to how we measure...

Hello, I am not an NHS number

Jane Bates rails against the trend to identify patients by their NHS digits.

Jane Bates: No place for 'blamers' in the NHS

Those who blame others for their mistakes should not be allowed to get away with it, says...

Student loans are the future – and it doesn’t have to be bleak

The battle to save the bursary has been lost. Everyone involved in nursing education needs...

Get the best from agency nurses

Agency and permanent staff have a responsibility to ensure high standards when they work...

Susan Osborne

Focusing only on stabilising financial performance puts patients and nurses at risk, says...

Jane Bates: What's in a name?

Jane Bates ponders nurses' esoteric lingo.

Sex, PrEP and the moral backlash

A High Court decision on the funding of a drug that prevents HIV has been condemned for...

Prisons must develop dementia strategy, says ombudsman

Prisons and probation ombudsman says staff need help to manage rapidly growing older...

It's time to ditch these mental health stereotypes...

The ‘head clutcher’ picture of someone with their head in their hands has become yet another...

Hospices should open their doors to marginalised people

They already epitomise the best of local community health services. Now it is time for...

Top tips from a nurse director for staying on top of your game

Claire Johnston, who has been director of nursing and people at Camden and Islington NHS...

Consultation is key to reconfigurations

Nurse leaders need a bigger role on decisions to withdraw specialist services from local...

Queen's Nursing Institute backs call for district nurse qualification...

QNI chief executive underlines why district nurses are one of the NHS's greatest assets.

Educating nurses to meet modern care demands

'It is essential that nurses are educated to degree level'

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