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Uneasy partnership

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade agreement currently being...

Voices - Discharge challenge can be met by pooling skills, says Crystal Oldman

The first principle of nursing care I learned as a student several decades ago was that...

Hit or myth message

I take a sharp intake of breath when I hear on the news that ‘research has been done…’

Blame game

Headlines hide the truth, says Jane Bates.

Sick of it all

Who do I see about reporting people to the health service? I need to speak to someone about...

Is failure the fairest option?

A staff nurse says she has failed a nursing student she was mentoring because his...

Voices - We cannot leave safe staffing to be set locally, insists Susan Osborne

Earlier this month, questions were asked in the House of Lords about why NHS England...

Don’t patronise me

Why do so many complex issues in the health service get boiled down to crusades that do...

Knuckle down

We don’t use massage enough, says Jane Bates.

Short shelf life

The hob is crowded. A pan has been shoved to one side, leaving its handle over the gas. I...

Workforce

When NHS England took over work on safe staffing guidance last month from the National...

New tool to help nurses improve nutritional care

Contains measures for quality of care as well as barriers and patient experience

I'm in work Jeremy. Are you? ...

Contrary to recent comments from health secretary Jeremy Hunt, consultants are not fat-cats...

We need an uprising

Nurses and other public sector workers were dealt another blow by the government last week...

In plain sight

Jane Bates sparks a stimulating discussion.

It’s just not cricket

Please can we have our ball back mister? ‘Just this once. But tell your dad that the next...

Question Marc

What is a lasting power of attorney?

Voices - Janet Finch says the regulator has progressed, but it can still do more

Over the past few years, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has committed itself to the...

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