All Education/training articles – Page 23
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NewsAssociates set for at least half the training hours of registered nurses
Nursing associates must receive at least half the hours of training expected of registered nurses, under newly published regulatory draft standards.
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CommentAgree to disagree for the sake of the NHS
Development of resilient health policy is possible only when different and opposing voices are heard or else we will keep yoyoing between half baked solutions, notes Richard Taunt
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CommentA partnership to meet the challenges of workforce planning
A set of tools facilitating the collection and modelling of workforce data across systems are driving improvements in care quality, writes Colin Lewry
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NewsHunt to unveil new midwifery support role and training routes
The health and social care secretary will announce new training routes into midwifery today as well as a new voluntary register and education standards for maternity support workers.
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CommentCare homes vanguards: Little things can make a big difference
Christine Harger on the vanguard work in Sutton in improving quality of care for care home residents, especially residents who frequent hospitals
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CommentIntegrate psychiatry into general medical care
In light of the incident of a patient with schizophrenia killing two fellow patients, Michael Sharpe asks for greater integration between mental and physical healthcare
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NewsGovernment reveals new medical schools
Several areas of England struggling with doctor shortages are hoping to get a boost from five new medical schools, which have been announced today.
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NewsMore junior doctors taking career break
An increasing number of trainee doctors are taking a career break following completion of the foundation training, new research reveals.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned over medication failures
The Care Quality Commission has issued University Hospitals of Leicester Trust with a warning notice after inspectors found the administration of insulin to patients required “significant improvement”.
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NewsCQC seeks more inspectors as workload mounts
The Care Quality Commission is to recruit an extra 100 inspectors this year amid concerns from staff over unmanageable workloads.
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HSJ LocalFamily of hospital attacker reveals 'dispute' over NHS England investigation
The stepdaughter of a man who attacked and killed two patients on a hospital ward was told the national review of the incident was held up by a “dispute” over its terms of reference.
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NewsDozens of violent incidents on hospital ward before fatal attack
The hospital ward where two elderly patients were attacked and fatally injured by a fellow patient was the scene of dozens of violent incidents before the attack, a report leaked to HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalTrust apologises after fatal ward attack on patients
Two NHS trusts have accepted failings which contributed to the killing of two patients on a hospital medical ward in 2015, and set out the actions they have taken since.
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NewsExclusive: Two patients attacked and killed on acute hospital ward
An NHS trust has been accused of a “cover up” over the killing of two patients in an attack on a hospital ward by a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, and whose antipsychotic medication had been stopped despite warnings.
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CommentPlanning for next winter must start now
Derek Alderson on how we need to look at increasing capacity, reconfiguring surgical services and greater separation of elective and emergency sites sooner than later to avoid winter pressures
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NewsMedicines rules for nursing associates ‘not sufficient’
The Royal College of Nurses has branded guidance published by Health Education England for the administration of medicines by nursing associates as “not sufficient”.
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CommentMaintaining the statutory duty of candour
Samantha Cox on the need for systems and procedures that promote openness and transparency
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NewsSmall hospital no longer ‘inadequate’
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded a troubled hospital trust’s inadequate rating, just 10 months after it was issued.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The People's Borough turns down the Rose Red Empire
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsHEE vows to end 'sheep dip approach' to doctor training
Health Education England is planning to reform the way junior doctors training is assessed to tackle widespread inconsistency, bureaucracy and a “sheep dip approach” to training.