Analysis

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The shocking tower block fire in London may have long-term effects for those who were there.

21 Jun 2017
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New figures show fewer EU nurses in post at certain ‘high-risk’ trusts and fewer joining the register in the UK.

19 Jun 2017
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Nurse leaders stress need to scrap pay cap and fund social care
12 Jun 2017
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Nurses across England and Scotland had to cope with major disruption last month when dozens of NHS organisations fell victim to a cyber attack.

08 Jun 2017
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About 6,000 fewer mature students have applied to start nursing courses this coming autumn compared with last year.

30 May 2017
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What started as a simple Twitter discussion about getting patients dressed and out of their pyjamas has snowballed into an international succes

22 May 2017
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Professor Dame Jessica Corner talks to Nursing Standard
26 Apr 2017
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As anger over the ongoing pay cap mounts, the RCN council has asked its members what they would like the organisation to do next. Nursing Standard looks at what t

19 Apr 2017
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Despite a call for more front-line staff after the Winterbourne View scandal and high demand from employers, new figures show numbers are down

11 Apr 2017
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At the end of 2015, deputy directors of nursing were being interviewed for one of 15 sought-after places on a new kind of leadership course.

05 Apr 2017
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When nurses, colleagues and patients found themselves drawn into the centre of the terrorist attack on Westminster this month, just metres from a major London hos

29 Mar 2017
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NHS whistleblowers will have extra protection when they seek new jobs under plans being considered by the government.

22 Mar 2017

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.

19 Mar 2017
Three nurses share their diaries from a typical shift
09 Mar 2017

Graduating nurses in the UK will be given limited prescribing powers, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's draft education plans as seen by Nursing Standard.

02 Mar 2017

Almost half of hospitals in England are not meeting mandatory food and drink standards, according to a new report. 

23 Feb 2017

More than four out of ten nurses and healthcare assistants (HCAs) have received no training in end of life care, a survey by Nursing Standard and Marie Curie has found.

22 Feb 2017

​In the face of reductions in applications for nursing degree programmes, universities in England are working harder than ever to address the challenges.

08 Feb 2017

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