Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Editorial
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Nursing Children and Young People editorial by Christine Walker.
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It’s good to see the college taking the lead on defining advanced practice, and it seems accreditation won’t be easy to achieve, writes Nursing Standard editor Graham Scott
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If the number of young people with mental health problems continues to rise, nurses will need more specialist training.
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As demand for children’s care services rises, funding is being cut.
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Overhauling procedure for fitness to practise cases will save money, says Graham Scott.
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Consultant editor of Nursing Children and Young People Doreen Crawford looks at the future for service development
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The annual RCNi Nurse Awards exist so that healthcare staff receive the recognition they deserve, says editor Graham Scott
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Money released by chancellor must go to those keeping teh NHS running, says Graham Scott
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Nursing Children and Young People editorial by Christine Walker
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Nursing Children and Young People editor Christine Walker discusses whether targets set in the government's obesity plan can be realistically met.
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Simple idea from one bereaved mother to help families in similar circumstances
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How local authorities in England are making budget cuts
A review of 17 regional neonatal transport services has shown that they are ‘understaffed, under-resourced and part time’, but that these problems are not related to the dedication of the nurses and doctors who work in them.
By the time this issue of Nursing Children and Young People is published, the first nurses to go through revalidation will have submitted their applications to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Consultation on the nursing associate (NA) role closes this month. We have been assured by Health Education England that the NA role will ‘integrate the science and art of nursing through work-based collaborative experience to assimilate academic knowledge and practical learning’.
Too many children die from asthma attacks that could have been prevented if their condition had been managed more effectively. These deaths occur despite a plethora of national guidance on good practice.
Anything that puts people into debt and deters them from training cannot be good.
Despite the pace of healthcare progress, it seems that some things never change.
