Readers’ panel: Are there too many routes into nursing?
The nurse apprenticeship scheme will see up to 1,000 people a year qualify as registered...
22 Dec 2016
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Readers’ panel: Is nursing in the UK losing its appeal?
Exclusive research from Nursing Standard has revealed that over the past five years,...
16 Dec 2016
Readers’ panel: Is the introduction of nursing associates undermining graduate nurses?
The nursing associate role is intended to bridge the gap between healthcare assistants and...
07 Dec 2016
Letter: Conference highlights importance of nursing degrees
Diamond celebration of Edinburgh University's nursing studies department celebrates...
29 Nov 2016
Readers’ panel: Should sugary drinks be banned from NHS hospitals?
In an effort to tackle obesity among health service employees, NHS England has launched a...
29 Nov 2016
Readers’ panel: Is a reluctance to upset people contributing to the ‘normalisation’ of...
As new figures show that obesity rates in children are rising, England’s chief medical...
22 Nov 2016
Readers' panel: is the 1% pay cap destroying nurses’ morale?
Nurses have suffered a real terms pay cut of 14% since 2010. RCN lead pay negotiator Josie...
16 Nov 2016
Letter: a tribute to Dr John Adams
John Adams was a strong advocate of nursing history and a gifted speaker, writer and editor...
11 Nov 2016
How to blog your way to success
Want to write a blog but not sure where to start? Expert blogger Liz Charalambous has some...
11 Nov 2016
Letter: NMC needs to justify its expenditure
11 Nov 2016
Readers’ panel: do nurses need training to cope with rude colleagues?
A new study from researchers at the University of East Anglia and a Canadian university has...
10 Nov 2016
Readers’ panel: should NHS trusts be exposed for high spending on agency staff?
NHS Improvement recently announced plans to ‘name and shame’ trusts with the worst record on...
02 Nov 2016
Readers’ panel: should NHS staff ask suspected health tourists for identification...
In a bid to crack down on ‘health tourism’, St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation...
27 Oct 2016
Readers’ panel: Should doctors have to work in the NHS for a minimum of 4 years after...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt recently announced that medical graduates will be required to...
19 Oct 2016
Is the NMC right to withhold details of complaints against registrants?
The decision to no longer reveal details of allegations against registrants ahead of...
13 Oct 2016
Readers’ panel: Are healthcare assistants providing ‘nursing on the cheap’?
A Unison survey of almost 2,300 UK healthcare assistants found that many are doing the jobs...
05 Oct 2016
Readers’ panel: Should IVF be a higher funding priority for the NHS?
Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence say women aged 40 and...
27 Sep 2016