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Readers’ panel: Should the UK stop recruiting nurses from developing countries?
Interim chief executive of the International Council of Nurses Thomas Kearns has urged...
08 Nov 2017
Readers’ panel: Will tackling the ‘super-size snack culture’ in hospitals help combat...
To help reduce growing obesity levels and fight the 'super-size snack culture', NHS England...
30 Oct 2017
Readers panel: Is scrapping the pay cap an empty gesture if future pay rises are linked...
When health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that the 1% pay cap for NHS staff had been...
13 Oct 2017
Readers panel: Why do so many employers take no action when concerns about staffing...
In a recent 30,000-strong survey from the RCN, 44% of respondents said no action was taken...
06 Oct 2017
Readers Panel: Should GP receptionists be trained to direct patients to alternative...
An initiative to train GP receptionists to ‘navigate’ patients to pharmacists,...
28 Sep 2017
Readers panel: Will the NHS be able to cope with this year’s winter pressures?
More planning than ever has gone into managing healthcare this winter in England, with NHS...
25 Sep 2017
Letter from Zambia 6: Different ways of training
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working...
25 Sep 2017
Letter from Zambia 5: A refreshing response to a writing workshop
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working...
25 Sep 2017
Letter from Zambia 8: Building emotional resilience in our students
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working...
25 Sep 2017
Letter from Zambia 7: Learning is a Two-Way Process
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working...
25 Sep 2017
Readers panel: How should the NHS respond to the increase in complaints about nurses?
Written complaints about nurses increased last year, according to NHS Digital, with the...
22 Sep 2017
Readers’ panel: How can we reduce the student attrition rate?
An investigation by Nursing Standard found that one in four UK nursing students quit before...
17 Sep 2017
Readers’ panel: Should universities offer male-only bursaries for nursing students?
Coventry University said last month it will offer bursaries to men who apply for degrees in...
06 Sep 2017
Readers panel: Is it disrespectful for male charity fundraisers to dress as female...
The chief executive of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust turned down a £2,500 donation...
25 Aug 2017
Military nursing students in Zambia: reflections of our first week
Continuing our series from Zambia, the six military nursing students on a three-week...
22 Aug 2017
Military nursing students in Zambia: visiting the hospitals and settling in
In the second on our series from Zambia, the six military nursing students undergoing a...
22 Aug 2017
Readers panel: Is it unprofessional for nurses to have tattoos?
A Facebook post by the son of a nurse in the US went viral after he defended his mother’s...
17 Aug 2017
Readers panel: Are stressed healthcare staff in danger of forgetting the lessons of Mid...
A report by the charity Point of Care Foundation argues that the lessons learned from Mid...
09 Aug 2017