Analysis

A staggering 205,289 written complaints were made to the NHS in England in 2014/15, equating to 562 per day.

09 Sep 2015

Improving patient safety has been the stated ambition of the government since Sir Robert Francis published his report into care faili

02 Sep 2015

More than 60% of nursing directors in England have been in post for three years or less, exclusive research by Nursing Standard revea

26 Aug 2015

It is hard to believe RCN’s new general secretary Janet Davies has been in her role for only two weeks when I meet her at the college

19 Aug 2015

End of life care has been under scrutiny for the past three years, and the topic is back in the headlines with the publication of dra

12 Aug 2015

The issue of shift lengths and patterns is a hot topic in nursing, and while many nurses prefer working 12-hour shifts, there have lo

05 Aug 2015

Over the past year the Nursing and Midwifery Council has sent out a message about its new model of revalidation that the process shou

29 Jul 2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement of a public sector pay cap until 2020 will have left nurses worried about how to make their

22 Jul 2015

Nurses in Greece are facing pay cuts of 40% and have seen health budgets squeezed so tight that supplies of medication and medical eq

15 Jul 2015

A change in immigration rules that will force thousands of overseas nurses to leave the UK could be particularly devastating for empl

08 Jul 2015

Nurses have been calling for new guidance on caring for patients in the final days of life since the much-criticised Liverpool Care P

01 Jul 2015

More than five million people in the UK have asthma and three people die every day because of the condition – yet 90% of these deaths

24 Jun 2015

England’s health service is grappling with an ageing population coupled with a desire for people to live well for longer.

17 Jun 2015

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt pitted the NHS against ‘rip-off staffing agencies’ last week in a bid to save the health service millions of pounds.

10 Jun 2015

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the results of its 12th annual hospital inpatient survey, revealing little improvement in the way patients rate the care they receive.

03 Jun 2015

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