Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Figures from NHS Digital show that almost eight million hospital appointments were missed in 2016-17 at a cost of around £1 billion to the NHS. England’s
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Non-profit community interest company HelpForce has pledged to increase the number of volunteers in hospitals from an estimated 78,000 to more than 150,000 by 2021.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council has said nursing associates will be subject to the same model of regulation and the same regulatory processes as nurses
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Scotland has introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol. The RCN welcomed the move, with public health lead Helen Donovan saying it will save lives.
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At the NHS Providers annual conference in Birmingham earlier this month [Nov], NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey said a public debate is needed to determine what the NH
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A 24-hour service offering GP consultations via video link or smartphones has been launched for NHS patients in greater London.
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Draft legislation designed to protect emergency workers from assault includes proposals to take blood and saliva samples from people who have bitten or spat a
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Interim chief executive of the International Council of Nurses Thomas Kearns has urged Western nations not to ‘destroy’ the health systems of developing count
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To help reduce growing obesity levels and fight the 'super-size snack culture', NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens recently announced that a 250-calori
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When health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that the 1% pay cap for NHS staff had been scrapped, he said future pay rises could be linked to productivity improvements.
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In a recent 30,000-strong survey from the RCN, 44% of respondents said no action was taken when they raised concerns about staffing levels.
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An initiative to train GP receptionists to ‘navigate’ patients to pharmacists, physiotherapists and other services if they do not need to see a doctor has bee
More planning than ever has gone into managing healthcare this winter in England, with NHS England announcing measures including an extra £1 billion for social care to help hospitals discharge patients earlier. Despite the planning, some fear another crisis is inevitable.
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing.
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing.
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing.
Since 2014, nurses and nursing students from the UK have been visiting Zambia and working with the Ministry of Health there to help develop critical care nursing. Major Chris Carter reflects on the benefits of seeing practice from a different perspective.
Written complaints about nurses increased last year, according to NHS Digital, with the profession receiving the second-highest number of complaints among NHS staff in England. Nursing Standard readers have their say.
