Nursing and midwifery national job profile review: evidence report
This report is the output from the evidence-gathering stage of the review project. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
PM to pledge £1billion to train tens of thousands of extra nurses, midwives, doctors and dentists
The Prime Minister hopes the extra funding will help fix the NHS staffing crisis as it battles to meet demand with 112,000 vacancies. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Midwives need support to involve women in decision-making during labour
Midwives can find it challenging to involve women fully in decision-making during labour, a study found. They may struggle to balance women ' s choices with their own concerns about following standard practice. However, most women were satisfied with how decision-making took place, and with the care they received. An exception was when they had to ask multiple times for strong pain relief (such as opiates). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NMC register hits record size amid retention concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register shows more nurses and midwives than ever are eligible to work in the UK, but leaver surveys have raised concerns about employers’ retention strategies, the organisation has said. There are now 788,638 professionals on the NMC register, with 52,148 new joiners between 2022-23, the highest number since the... Read moreThe post NMC register hits record size amid retention concerns appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 24, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Professional international recruitment nurse recruitment Source Type: news
The King's Fund comments on the Nursing and Midwifery Council ’s annual registration report 2023
(Source: The King's Fund - Press)
Source: The King's Fund - Press - May 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: HYoungMcHugh Source Type: news
Work pressures driving nurses and midwives away
Numbers on the register reach a record high but the regulator is worried about the amount leaving the profession. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Number of nurses working in the UK rises by 30,000 to the highest level on record
There are now 788,638 nurses, midwives and nursing associates, accounting for around 1.2 per cent of the population, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Britain has more nurses than EVER after jump of 30,000 in a year
There are now 788,638 nurses, midwives and nursing associates registered to work in the UK, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chief midwifery officer named
Kate Brintworth has been appointed the new head of midwifery in England. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - May 19, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NMC advanced practice steering group to explore regulation
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has made the first formal steps towards the potential introduction of independent advanced practice regulation. Sam Foster, executive director of professional practice at the regulator, told Nursing in Practice that the NMC could ‘be a bit pacier’ in its pursuit of regulation, however she stressed that the council may... Read moreThe post NMC advanced practice steering group to explore regulation appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 18, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Yale Nursing faculty share advice, warm wishes for Class of 2023
Six members of the YSN faculty share their best advice for the next generation of Yale nurses, midwives, and nurse-scientists ahead of Commencement on May 22. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - May 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
East Africa: Somali Nurse-Midwife Wins Templeton Prize for Genital Mutilation Fight
[Templeton Prize] The winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize is Dr. Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and healthcare advocate who has worked courageously to change cultural, religious, and medical norms surrounding women's health in East Africa, improving the lives of thousands of women and girls in the region and beyond. Drawing from the resources of her Muslim faith, she receives this year's award in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to harness the power of the sciences to affirm the dign (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Reps. Bera, Kiggans Introduce Bipartisan Global Frontline Health Workers Resolution
This article is based on thepost published on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog authored by Carol Bales of IntraHealth and Corinne Paul of CARE USA. (Source: IntraHealth International)
Source: IntraHealth International - May 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Tags: Health workforce development Policy & Advocacy Health Workers Nurses Source Type: news
Ghana: NARM-GH Marks International Midwives Day
[Ghanaian Times] The Greater Accra Regional Chapter of the National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARM-GH) yesterday marked this year's International Midwives Day in Accra with an appeal to the government to improve their working conditions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 15, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Herpes deaths: Surgeon and midwife argued over Caesarean, inquest told
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
