Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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For a full five minutes, I completely misunderstood what Janet was telling me.
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Give expectant mothers a break, says Jane Bates.
The official-looking email was rather alarming.
After years of campaigning for better training, regulation and opportunities for healthcare support workers, the new nursing associat
Thomas had been irritable, off food, lethargic and generally not himself for several days.
Sad by name, sad by nature, says Jane Bates.
I know the minute I walk in that something is up.
In response to the Five Year Forward View, which outlines future models of care, many GP services in England will become federated, giving nurses the opportunity to work in teams across a group of practices.
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Give managers a dose of reality, says Jane Bates.
It is time for my six-monthly check-up: the ‘blood and pee’ session where the practice nurse and I exchange light-hearted banter while she tightens cuffs and inserts needles and tippety-taps the facts of my life into a computer.
One of our pivotal challenges in public health is tackling health inequalities.
In two weeks time, I will be giving a public lecture for LGBT History Month at an event in London, celebrating the RCN’s role in championing diversity.
