All Nursing articles – Page 29
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: How best to support patients at home to ease the burden on the NHS?
People with long-term conditions often prefer home care. Yet inadequate support means they often end up in hospital, at a cost to the NHS. Our expert panellists discussed how this problem can be addressed. By Alison Moore
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Leader
Pay rises are not the priority for the NHS
This will not be the most popular of HSJ editorials. There is no doubt that most NHS staff deserve an inflation matching, even busting, pay raise – but there are also good reasons why they should not receive one.
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News
Exclusive: NHS trusts branding care staff as 'advanced nurses'
Unregistered care assistants are working in the NHS with job titles describing them as nurses with advanced skills, new research has revealed.
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News
NMC: All graduate nurses should be ready to prescribe
Nurses could be able to prescribe medication “much sooner” in their careers than they currently can under plans being consulted on by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Comment
Comment: Why I am a born-again buddy-ist
Peter Carter puts up a strong case in favour of the concept of buddying, whereby trusts that are struggling are “buddied up” with a successful trust
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Comment
Cowper's Cut: A Brief History Of The Force, by Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt, Darth Health Secretary, explains how he must use The Force to vanquish any leaders who oppose The Empire. By Andy Cowper
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News
Exclusive: Safety fears over thousands of unregulated NHS staff
Patients are being put at “unacceptable risk” because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.
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News
National director to lead NHS England regional team
NHS England’s chief nurse has been appointed to lead the London regional team.
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News
NHS bursary reform fails to increase student nurses
The government’s plan to expand the number of nurse training places by scrapping the NHS bursary appears to have failed, the latest data suggests.
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News
Government releases cash in last minute push to expand NHS training
Universities and NHS trusts are being offered tens of thousands of pounds by Health Education England in a push to expand training places for nurses and other health professionals this year.
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HSJ Local
CCG and council to create £105m joint executive board
A clinical commissioning group and local authority will set up a joint board with executive powers in a bid further integrate health and social care commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Trust chief tells staff poor performance 'simply cannot continue'
The chief executive of one of the largest acute trusts in England has warned its 12,000 staff that its poor emergency care performance “simply cannot continue”.
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News
Exclusive: DH commits millions in funding to expand nurse training
Ministers have committed to a minimum £16m additional funding for new clinical placements for thousands of nursing students at NHS trusts, the Department of Health has told HSJ.
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News
Immigration salary rules could force physios to leave UK
Physiotherapists from overseas working in the NHS could be forced to leave the UK under tougher immigration rules, HSJ has been told.
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News
NMC to be scrutinised over handling of care scandal witnesses
A regulator’s handling of witnesses and freedom of information requests are being put under the spotlight in an inquiry ordered by the health secretary.
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Expert Briefing
Lintern's Risk Register: Noise about NHS pay masks deeper problems
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ Local
Pioneering acute and community trust hails 'successful' first year of home care
An acute and community trust that was the first in the NHS to enter the home care market says the first year of its new service has exceeded its expectations.
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News
STPs told to lead push for more mental health staff
Every sustainability and transformation partnership will have to draw up mental health workforce plans and appoint a senior leader to deliver them.
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HSJ Local
Challenged trust appoints former nurse as chief executive
A former nurse has been appointed as the new chief executive of a £550m turnover trust.
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HSJ Local
New chief nurse for teaching trust
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Sam Foster as chief nurse.