Analysis
Nurses working in the community urged to think sepsis
New NICE guidance urges professionals working across all healthcare settings, including...
05 Apr 2017
Exclusive: Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey reveals realities of front-line nursing
Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive...
19 Mar 2017
Exclusive: Newly qualified nurses should have limited prescribing powers, draft NMC...
Graduating nurses in the UK will be given limited prescribing powers, according to the...
02 Mar 2017
Redesigned regional community nursing service showcased nationally
How nurses from Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) are...
01 Mar 2017
Health and well-being of UK children in ‘jeopardy’
A new report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) warns that the...
23 Feb 2017
'Virtual wards': how nurses are managing care at home
GPs have highlighted innovative work by nurses in knitting together health and social care...
02 Feb 2017
Community integrated teams and enhanced primary deliver vanguard results
Since September 2015, a multispecialty team of district and care home nurses, community...
15 Jan 2017
The nurse-led specialist breast cancer service helping patients at home
The nurse-led specialist breast cancer service helping patients at home.
08 Nov 2016
Nurse flu jab drive underway
The annual drive urging nurses and other healthcare staff to have their free flu vaccination...
26 Oct 2016
New register aims to bring quality in spirometry testing
What the National Certified Register will mean for community and primary care nurses.
05 Oct 2016
FGM remains a hidden crime, say MPs
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a hidden crime and a ‘national scandal’, MPs warned...
22 Sep 2016
Pressures on district nursing affecting quality, says King's Fund
The decline in district nurse numbers is well known. A fall of 48% between 2000 and 2014 has...
14 Sep 2016
On hand support providing end of life care at home
Night time service 'helping patients to stay in their preferred place of care and in...
02 Sep 2016
Student scheme aims to attract new generation to practice nursing
General practice work experience placements are giving nursing students an insight into a...
09 Aug 2016
Momentum building over possible tax rebates for nurses
Momentum is starting to build among nurses to claim back significant tax and national...
03 Aug 2016
Health visitors: an endangered species?
Everyone champions the role of the health visitor, yet as public health and council budget...
29 Jul 2016