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The recent investigation at Brithdir Care Home provides lessons for other organisations being monitored for care quality, says Lucy Williams

Research by the national learning disability charity FitzRoy has found that families of people with learning disabilities would get better services if social care staff were bet

The momentous decision to introduce revalidation marks the start of a new era for the UK’s 690,000 nurses and midwives, in which they

Wendy Durham and Chris Sykes explain conceptual frameworks and how they are used in nursing research

Ahead of next month's international dementia conference in Birmingham, executive director at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Tara Cortes says health profession

Shirley Law, head of learning and development at the Dementia Services Development Centre, explains how nurses can stay informed about the latest developments in dementia c

As a report from LGBT campaigning charity Stonewall reveals that LGBT health and social care staff still experience homophobic bullying and discrimination from colleagues and pa

Susan Osborne travelled to Canada to join other healthcare professionals raising money for the Cavell Nurses' Trust charity

Ainna Fawcett-Henesy, international consultant in Nursing and Health, on why the RCN has to do everything possible to achieve sufficient numbers of staff

Jo Brown and Guy Collins explain that simulated practice can prepare students to work in community settings

Julia Bradley, from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, says women are being distressed by the tactics of anti-abortion campaigners

Contains measures for quality of care as well as barriers and patient experience