Chickens helping to improve health of care home residents
A project linking older people with hens to combat social isolation has been launched in care homes in Yorkshire, following a successful pilot. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
PNs face ‘tension’ between time pressure and holistic care
Practice nurses face being caught between moves towards providing more holistic care to patients with long-term conditions and local surgery policies of limiting consultations to one problem. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Cancer charity to set up nurse-led information service
A women’s cancer charity is seeking a specialist nurse to run a new information service on gynaecological cancers. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Call for NMC to strengthen revalidation portfolio checks
The Nursing and Midwifery Council must strengthen the way it proposes to verify registrants under its new system of competency checks in order to ensure public protection, a union has warned. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Croydon trust ‘requires improvement’, says regulator
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has been told it requires improvement by the Care Quality Commission. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Inspirational leadership celebrated at Nursing Times Leaders reception
Some of the UK’s most inspirational nurses leaders gathered on 30 September at a reception in London to celebrate Nursing Times Leaders 2015. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurse immigration policy needs 'rethink', says NHS boss
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has called for the government to better “join up the dots” between immigration policies and their effect on the NHS and nurse recruitment. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Hunt calls for 'honesty culture' in NHS to improve safety
Jeremy Hunt has said he wants to eliminate “unsafe care” in the NHS, which needlessly costs lives and money. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Call for nurses to get winter flu vaccination
Nurses are being urged to get a flu jab “as soon as possible” to protect themselves and patients this winter. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Flu jab associated with reduced risk of stroke
Having the flu jab could also help prevent strokes, a new study by UK researchers has suggested. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
East Midlands GP practices placed in special measures
Two GP practices in the East Midlands have been placed in special measures after being rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
UK's palliative care ranked top in international list
The UK has been ranked top in a list which compares palliative care across 80 countries, including Australia, the US and Sweden. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Diabetes specialist nurse becomes charity ‘clinical champion’
Diabetes specialist nurse Debora Brown is among 20 health professionals made “clinical champions” through an initiative by the charity Diabetes UK and pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurse has first use of 'unique' IV cannula in community
A “unique” midline cannula previously only available in hospitals has been used for the first time in the community by a specialist intravenous therapy nurse. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 6, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
'Significant proportion' of 'avoidable' GP appointments could be with nurse
More than a quarter of appointments with general practitioners are avoidable and in many cases patients could instead be seen by a nurse prescriber, a survey of doctors has found. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - October 5, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
