All Nursing articles – Page 53
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plan to withhold incremental pay rises
One in three NHS organisations intend to tame their salary bills by withholding pay increments from staff, a survey of senior HR managers indicates.
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NewsOverseas recruitment of nurses to rise amid fears over shortages
The majority of HR directors plan to ramp up the recruitment of nurses this year as many admit their organisations lack the staff to meet demand.
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NewsHEE unveils 15 year plan to transform NHS workforce
Exclusive: Training for some specialist medical roles in the NHS could be scrapped under plans by Health Education England to transform the future NHS workforce.
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NewsNMC presses government ahead of Queen's Speech
The nursing regulator has urged the government to introduce a bill to transform healthcare regulation in the Queen’s speech this week.
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HSJ KnowledgeOff the page: profiles improve person centred care
Pen portraits of patients and staff to build trust
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HSJ KnowledgeSpending to save: The innovative response to the Francis report for the nursing workforce
How the focus on clinical practice is bringing about new ways of working at leading trusts
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NewsNursing workforce grows to highest level in a decade
The NHS is continuing to recruit hundreds of extra qualified nurses a month with numbers at their highest for a decade, the latest workforce data shows.
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HSJ KnowledgePractice makes perfect: the benefits of mental health training
CCGs need to better organise nurse training
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NewsNHS could be 'stuffed' by mass exodus of nurses to US
The NHS risks losing thousands of nurses to the US if it fails to value and support existing nursing staff, the chief executive of Health Education England has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Concerns emerge over nurse numeracy
Qualified nurses are being turned away from jobs in the NHS because of poor numeracy skills it has been claimed.
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NewsNICE staffing guidance warns of harm risk in nursing ratio
Hospitals employing staff ratios of more than eight patients per nurse on a “regular basis” can increase the risk of harm in adult hospital wards, draft government-backed guidelines show.
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NewsExclusive: Post-Francis recruitment surge welcomed by minister
Exclusive: The recent and continuing surge in new NHS posts for nursing and other frontline roles has been welcomed by health minister Dan Poulter as the “right thing to do” in response to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal.
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NewsRespect, dignity and compassion to become mandatory for NHS training posts
New recruits to NHS training posts will be expected to pass a “values-based” test from next year in a bid to embed respect, dignity and compassion in future workforces.
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HSJ LocalOmbudsman in 'full cooperation' pledge to Morecambe Bay inquiry
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has said it is “fully cooperating” with the Kirkup Inquiry into failures Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Review set to probe standard of nurse training
A major review of nurse training in England will be launched next month to help push up standards of patient care, Health Service Journal can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NMC to get new legal powers to re-open cases after Mid Staffs
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to be granted new powers by the government to allow it to re-open closed fitness to practise cases, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsReview reveals failings by nursing regulator in Mid Staffs cases
The Nursing and Midwifery Council failed to properly investigate 17 former nurses at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust according to an audit by the Professional Standards Authority.
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NewsExclusive: 'Cost neutral' Francis policy has cost £2.5m
More than £2.5m is being spent piloting a government scheme to make aspiring student nurses work as healthcare assistants for a year before university courses
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CommentCompassion and cost-effectiveness can work together
Compassion should be central to everything in the NHS