Christine Walker
Presumed consent to organ donation could be accepted UK-wide
Organ donation except where the person or family opts out has already been accepted in Wales.
We need to reduce pressure on children’s services during winter
Hospital at home services are one way to keep acutely ill children out of hospital.
Living life to the full and be supported to have a comfortable death
Supporting clients to live a life as full as it can possibly be, but also to have a good death when the time comes, is a challenge that Nicky Lyall and her team are tackling
Transgender issues: ‘Referrals have gone through the roof’
Despite an eight-month waiting list, a four-stage care pathway assessment and an assortment of clinical tests, the number of young people over the age of 14 who want to change gender has increased significantly since 1989
Nurses are providing sanitary products for poorer pupils
So-called 'period poverty' is leading to some school nurses having to provide sanitary towels for pupils who cannot afford to buy them.
Children can thrive on a blended diet
RCN Wales 2016 Nurse of the Year has developed a best-practice protocol for administering a blended diet for children with complex needs.
EXCLUSIVE: Future strategies for behaviour that challenges
A one-day event, organised by the Prison Reform Trust, University of Leeds, NHS Improvement and the National Autistic Society, was held in London to discuss future strategies for people who have learning disabilities and have committed a sexual offence.
Allergenic foods should be introduced earlier in life to cut risks of developing allergies
An American review into allergenic food tolerance has found that introduction to certain food types earlier on in life can reduce the risks of developing allergies.
Children become less physically active as they move through school
Children spend less time doing physical activity as they progress through primary school, research has found.
Celebrating the work of learning disability nurses
At a time where morale in learning disability nursing seems low, light can be found through the Positive Choices conference, and LD nurse Melanie Davies being awarded the top accolade in nursing.
'We need all of you and more of you' - CNO tells LD conference
Combating student attrition and encouraging more people into learning disability nurses were...
Features
Children's Nursing: Fit for the Future?
Make your feelings known about the future of the children's nursing degree, as concerns...
Channel 4 has exposed the frustrating inadequacies of institutional care
Dispatches investigation found that inpatients with learning disabilities at St Andrew's Healthcare were subject to shocking treatment.
Is the children's nursing degree about to be scrapped?
Nursing Children and Young People editorial by Christine Walker.
Keep the pressure on commissioners to fund children’s care
As demand for children’s care services rises, funding is being cut.
We need to attract more students to palliative care
Nursing Children and Young People editorial by Christine Walker
Too much talk and not enough action over obesity plan
Nursing Children and Young People editor Christine Walker discusses whether targets set in...
Review finds nurses under too much pressure
Independent Review of Children’s Cardiac Services makes 32 recommendations