Senior nurse to help drive introduction of NHS people plan
A senior nurse from Devon has been chosen to help lead the implementation of a major national workforce plan for the NHS in England. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Music may be alternative to drug used to calm pre-op nerves
Music may offer an alternative to the use of a drug routinely used to calm the nerves before the use of regional anaesthesia, according to US researchers. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Student nurse's transition passport idea commended by trust
A student nurse ’s idea for making the “traumatic” transition between child and adult services easier for patients has been picked up by hospital leaders. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Diabetes ‘increases risk of heart failure more in women than men’
Having either type 1 or type 2 diabetes leads to a greater excess risk of heart failure in women than it does in men, according to UK and Australian researchers. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Nurse leaders call for more government action on alcohol 'harm'
Nursing and other healthcare leaders have jointly called on the government to prioritise producing a new alcohol strategy to tackle the “escalating risk” they warn it has on public health. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
NMC urged to make feedback prong of revalidation 'meaningful'
Nurses and midwives seeking to renew their registration face “barriers” in obtaining the five pieces of practice-related feedback required to revalidate, an independent review has found. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New tool rolled out to aid practice nurses with cancer diagnosis
A new training tool for practice nurses and other primary care staff is being launched across England in a bid to catch cancers sooner. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
RCN agrees to explore merits of re-joining international network
The Royal College of Nursing ’s governing body has confirmed it will consider re-joining an international nursing federation amid concerns the UK is being left out of global debate on the future of the profession. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Warning nurses need to earn extra £10,500 'to afford London rent'
Nurse wages in the capital need to increase by £10,500 a year to be able to afford the costs of rent in London, according to a new report. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Trainee nursing associates to be 'fully supernumerary' in Derby
A new self-funded degree pathway will see trainee nursing associates given full supernumerary status and taught in a way that is “more like a student nurse programme”, a university has said. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Deputy CNO honoured by university for 'inspirational' career
One of England ’s most senior nurses who worked her way up after starting her career as a cleaner has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Salford. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
New suicide prevention support for men waiting for treatment
Men in Norfolk who feel suicidal are to benefit from a new role designed to ensure they get early support before being seen by mental health specialists. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Cost of avoidable harm in hospitals ‘would fund 3,500 nurses’
Around one in 20 patients are affected by avoidable harm, according to a UK study that estimates the cost to hospitals in England each year would pay for more than 3,500 nurses. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Government 'not convinced' by RCN safe staffing campaign
Health minister Stephen Hammond today put a spoke in the wheel of the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign for new safe staffing legislation. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
HEE pledges £2m to boost learning disability nursing workforce
A £2m investment has today been committed by Health Education England to strengthen the learning disability workforce by an extra 230 registered nurses and 150 trainee nursing associates. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
