Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Research shows that for every 20 patients who receive comprehensive geriatric assessments on admission to hospital, one can avoid admission to a care home.
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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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Local resident Lucy Wood and her young nephew were among thousands of witnesses to the tower block fire.
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Outreach workers are striving to reach all those who may be living with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
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How NHS and other healthcare professionals responded when the fire began, and in the months afterwards
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The number and nature of Grenfell-related patient contacts with the NHS to date
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A nurse-led mental health outreach team is working day and night to support a population overshadowed by tragedy
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There are insufficent dedicated services to care for the rising number of older people with nowhere to live.
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Latest Care Quality Commission report reveals pressure on the care home sector is at an unprecedented level.
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Extra funding for emergency care system may not be enough to improve the care of frail, older patients.
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The National Institute for Health Research wants to change the way care is delivered to 416,000 older residents living in care homes in the UK.
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Speakers at a recent conference expressed the important role nurses play in reducing the stigma that surrounds dementia, which w
A unique programme could be the way forward in detecting irregular heart rates and preventing strokes, study suggests.
Professor Dame Jessica Corner talks to Nursing Standard
It could take ten years to achieve the cultural and system changes needed for health and social care integration, a committee of MPs has found.
Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive Nursing Standard survey with the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People.
A recent BMJ study has shown that clinical commissioning groups are not equipped to achieve the standards set in 2016 for end of life care.
As care homes struggle to make ends meet, research shows those who pay for their own care may also be topping up fees for state-funded residents.
