Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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In her inaugural address to delegates at RCN congress in Bournemouth last month, new RCN president Cecilia Anim told a story about me
An innovative approach to helping staff understand dementia was adopted by North East London NHS Foundation Trust in April.
Jane Bates gets a message in a bottle.
It might have gone down in the annals of true crime as murder by potato if things had turned out differently.
How can we stop medicines from being wasted?
Let’s face it – nursing staff have had more than their fair share of battles recently.
In a bid to control runaway spending on temporary staff and encourage NHS trusts to employ more permanent nurses, health secretary Je
Fashion can be a health hazard, says Jane Bates.
What do Pierce Brosnan, George Clooney, Andrew Lloyd Webber and my neighbour Gemma have in common?
The strategic aim of the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) is to improve the health of patients, families and carers by increasing the
I am often asked by nurses and midwives what they get in return for the fee they pay to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Shout out about good care, writes Jane Bates.
People worry about the medicalisation of everyday life. Old age has been medicalised, they say. So has childbirth and so has eating. The list goes on.
With almost three million registered nurses, the United States is the largest English-speaking nursing labour market in the world.
Less than one month in power and the government pulls the plug on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence providing independent guidance on safe nurse staffing levels across the NHS.
The past decade has seen a great deal of work focused on patient safety, including incident reporting systems, alerts and guidance, and reducing avoidable harm.
Jane Bates has to wing it after a baggage error.
