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Bank shift pay cuts: what does this say about nurses’ value?

Many nurses work bank shifts as a way to boost their income and also to provide staffing c

29 Apr 2025
What is the economic case for the profession?

Many believe that learning disability as a field of nursing practice is in a perilous stat

31 Mar 2025
Nurse’s alarming dishonesty: why the NMC is right to come down so hard

The public trusts nurses more than any other professional group.

11 Mar 2025
Performing CPR is daunting, which is why debriefs and training should go hand-in-hand

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training to keep nurses’ skills and knowledge up to date is

18 Feb 2025
We need confidence to reimagine learning disability nursing

With registered learning disability nursing at a tipping point, confident and articulate n

27 Jan 2025
NHS misconduct: it’s time the rules for staff and managers aligned

A proposal to establish a regulatory body for NHS managers is in consultation and could se

21 Jan 2025
‘Smart scrubs’: will your new work wardrobe help you do your job in comfort?

Nurses in England’s NHS are to start wearing a national uniform, in a gradual adoption of

03 Dec 2024
Personal videos aim to encourage more people to become learning disability nurses

The involvement of a learning disability nurse in the care of Lauretta and Jerry Oful

27 Nov 2024
Practice makes perfect: would reducing clinical placement hours be a mistake?

Hundreds of nurse graduates have been told by the Nursing and Midwifery Council that they

19 Nov 2024
New nurses working in Starbucks: is this still a career for life?

Newly registered nurses unable to get jobs in the NHS are having to seek employment elsewh

14 Oct 2024
Darzi report shows services for people with learning disabilities ‘falling far short’

Lord Darzi's report on the state of the NHS in England highlights that the numbers of

26 Sep 2024
‘Nurse’ title for unregistered roles is a dangerous deception and holds us in contempt

Misleading job titles in nursing imply our work is so minor that being a nurse amounts to

16 Sep 2024

Nurse retention, burnout and low morale are challenges with a deliciously simple solution –

13 Aug 2024

People with learning disabilities and autism can die decades earlier than the general popul

25 Jul 2024

It’s heartening to hear how some hospital nurses have all-but eliminated falls on their war

23 Jul 2024

Nurse’s six-month suspension for taking paracetamol tablets from a ward supply is hard to s

02 Jul 2024

People with learning disabilities face distinct health and well-being challenges as they ag

05 Jun 2024

It’s not hard to imagine the terrible pressures in the emergency department where care fail

14 May 2024

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