Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Directors of nursing should be involved in tackling NHS waste management problems, say nurse leaders
RCN report on NHS England waste management reveals huge disparity in cost of processing waste
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This latest article in our series on the 2018 pay negotiations looks at what is shaping up to be the biggest stumbling block – the government’s insistenc
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Difficulties in delivering a dignified death intesify
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The third of our series of articles setting the scene for the 2018 negotiations on nurses’ pay looks at anomalies in the Agenda for Change system
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Nearly 15 years since the implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system, introduced to unify pay across the NHS, the government and nursin
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In January, the House of Commons health committee published its inquiry into the NHS workforce.
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Nurses need to be more engaged in the development of policy and services, say experts
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Commons health committee's report on the nursing workforce issues sweeping recommendations, including monitoring of tuition fee changes and action o
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Health Education England is consulting on draft proposals to cope with increasing demand and a ‘significant shortfall’ in staff.
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Nursing experts give their views on issues likely to shape the profession’s agenda in the coming year
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Findings from a study into the effectiveness of Schwartz rounds suggest that staff who attend are less stressed and more empathic with colleagues and patients
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Workforce shortages, NHS pressures and nursing pay were high on the agenda for politicians gathering at their party conferences this autumn.
Staffing levels are having a huge impact on quality of care, nurses often feel they are not able to perform to the best of their ability. A recent survey by the Royal College of Nursing has found that little is being done to relieve pressures facing staff.
Opinions are divided on whether the healthcare system can cope with demand over the coming months.
There is much to like in Scotland’s Nursing 2030 Vision, but the success will be in the implementation.
Retaining staff remains a major problem for the NHS. Over the past six years the proportion of nurses leaving the health service has risen by one quarter, to top 10% in 2016.
A departing nurse director has spoken of the ‘anxiety of individuality’ sometimes felt in senior roles such as hers
During the general election on 8 June, polls suggested the NHS was the number one priority on voters' minds, but the result has spread uncertainty and scepticism for the future of the NHS.
