Daniel Allen

Biosimilars
Cancer Nursing Practice

Biosimilars: a snapshot of latest developments

Biosimilars are biological drugs that reproduce the effects of more expensive drugs

Bethany Burgin and Lucy Kennen
Nursing Standard

Dear diary, it’s been another demanding day

Three nurses’ accounts of a shift offer a moving insight into daily pressures in the NHS

Paediatric nurse
Nursing Children and Young People

Reflecting on 30 years of change in children’s nursing

Since Nursing Children and Young People's launch there have been enormous advances

The team
Emergency Nurse

Mental health triage team ensures people in crisis receive appropriate care

A multidisciplinary team is aiming to improve how emergency services respond to people who are in mental health crisis

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Nursing Standard

Unequal treatment: the disturbing experience of LGBT people in the UK today

Researchers hear how nurses are among the healthcare professionals to display prejudice

Sharon Ghani
Primary Health Care

How nurse prescribers are filling in for GPs with the help of a web-based consultation service

Deploying a team of nurses to manage long-term conditions has helped a GP practice

Diabetes
Nursing Standard

Diabetes: what you need to know, whatever your setting

Its increasing prevalence and complexity mean all staff require core skills, say experts

Health_Foundation
Cancer Nursing Practice

Cancer care improves, but still falls short of targets

Health Foundation report finds that 10,000 lives in England could be saved each year

lung cancer
Cancer Nursing Practice

Combination therapy for untreated, metastatic, non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer

NICE recommends use of pembrolizumab with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy

Coercion
Mental Health Practice

Putting a stop to coercive practices in mental healthcare

The UN is investigating the use of coercion in mental health services around the world

Cancer Nursing Practice

Alternative therapy to be offered for people with large-cell lymphoma

NICE offers alternative therapy for those diagnosed with lymphoma

Claire Johnston
Mental Health Practice

‘The pressures on mental health are extraordinary’

Claire Johnston reveals her plans to help rebuild the NMC – and her optimism for the future...

Cancer Nursing Practice

Survival rates come under scrutiny in cancer care report

Health Foundation report highlights where cancer care has progressed and stalled

nurse talks to patient
Nursing Standard

‘Making assumptions about people’s sexuality hinders equal access to healthcare’

More training is needed to support nurses caring for LGBT people, says Marie Curie charity

Nursing Standard

Decision to increase immigration health surcharge is ‘morally bankrupt’, RCN says

Fee for using NHS for nurses from outside the European Economic Area will double to £400

Obese nurse measures obese patient
Nursing Standard

Nursing Standard survey reveals extent of obesity among nurses 

Does your weight hamper your ability to offer healthy lifestyle advice?

Theresa May
Nursing Standard

Boost to community care funding must include more money for district nursing, urges RCN

Prime minister promises £3.5 billion a year by 2023-24

Cancer Nursing Practice

Safeguarding framework will help nurses protect their patients

RCN sets out competencies for healthcare staff in relation to adult safeguarding

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