Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Expert advice
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The number of district nurses has fallen by almost 50% over the past seven years.
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Samples provided by pharmaceutical companies can pose difficulties for nurses, including endorsement and storage issues.
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With new co-dydramol products now available with a higher strength of opioid analgesic dihydrocodeine, prescribing and dispensing them by strength is vital to
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If you access medical records without justifiable reason you could be breaching the Nursing and Midwifery Council code and breaking the law.
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Policy attention is increasingly focusing on the contribution of volunteers to help expand the NHS workforce.
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As NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh calls for a debate about mandatory flu vaccination for front-line NHS staff, legal expert Marc Cornock outline
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As the registered nurse preparing medicines, you are ultimately responsible for making sure the patient takes them.
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The end of year report from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows a crash in the number of mature entrants but suggests nurse education can h
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A police constable may request that a blood sample be taken from someone incapable of giving consent, but a health practitioner cannot be compelled to do
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Care bots – robots that assist older people – are being used in Japan, and researchers in the US are looking to create robotic nurse assistants.
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Health professionals do not have the right to administer medication to patients against their will or in a covert manner.
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Prime minister Theresa May has announced a public consultation on switching to presumed consent for organ donation in England.
The fact that the new nursing associate role is only being considered in England adds to the divergence of nursing policy across the four countries of the UK, says workforce expert James Buchan.
When patients bring their own medicines into hospital, it is important they are managed effectively. The following tips from medicines management expert Matt Griffiths will help ensure your patients get the right medicines at the right time, and that they are stored safely.
You may be allowed to attend university if your GP has issued you with a ‘fit note’ indicating which tasks you can and cannot perform, but contact your manager to make sure you are not in breach of contract, says legal expert Marc Cornock.
When the supply of pilots fell short of demand, Ryanair cancelled flights. But the NHS has limited scope to manage demand during winter, leaving little room for manoeuvre should there be a major flu outbreak, says workforce expert James Buchan.
With a predicted doubling of influenza cases in the UK this year, it is more important than ever that front-line staff are vaccinated, says medicines management expert Matt Griffiths.
Plans by the Department of Health to increase the number of medical student places have cost implications for nursing, because other NHS programmes will receive less if no new money is found, says workforce expert James Buchan.
