All Nursing articles – Page 62
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HSJ Knowledge
Local nurses for local people
There has been a move back to practice-centred community nursing teams. But at what cost?
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping good practice up a gear
HIECs are invaluable in delivering improvement at scale and pace
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News12,000 NHS posts unfilled
More than 12,000 NHS job posts have not been filled after people have retired, quit or moved on to other organisations, figures suggest.
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HSJ LocalNursing posts under threat at Hinchingbrooke
Nearly 50 nursing posts could be axed at a trust taken over by the private sector earlier this year, HSJ has discovered.
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CommentPeter Carter: CCGs need nurses’ talents
Nurses are ideally placed to provide a strategic focus on high-quality care
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HSJ KnowledgeInto the patient pathway
Wellbeing clinics for planning life after cancer are responding to a vital need
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the business of mental health
Delays to the planned mental health tariff will not surprise anyone in the field
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HSJ KnowledgeWhistleblowing: the way ahead
Strong leaders are essential if future whistleblowers are to prevent harm
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HSJ Local
Trust looks to Portugal for new nursing recruits
WORKFORCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to recruit nurses from Portugal amid staffing shortages and an over-reliance on temporary staff.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy now is the time to invest in community care
Care in the community will ease nursing pressures and help patients but it is not going to happen by accident, says Peter Carter
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy staff policy should revolve around patient needs
The Royal College of Nursing’s head of policy and international Howard Catton talks to Ruslan Zinchenko about designing staffing policies based on patient need.
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NewsReview concludes NMC is failing 'at every level'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has problems “at every level”, according to a highly critical report into the regulator published today.
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NewsCouncillors banned from CCG boards as new rules set
The government is set to impose further requirements on clinical commissioning groups’ governing bodies, HSJ has learned.
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News'Surveillance groups' to monitor provider quality
The standard of care being delivered by providers is to be scrutinised at regular “surveillance groups” under plans to ensure quality in the reformed NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsManagers should work out of hours, says dignity report
NHS managers need to be more available outside normal office hours in order to improve the care of older patients, a new report has recommended.
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HSJ Local
Durham and Darlington FT invests £800k for ward leadership
WORKFORCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is investing £800,000 to enable ward sisters and community nurse team leaders to spend more time managing, leading and supervising staff and patient care, it has announced.
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NewsLarge rise in shifts filled by agency staff
The use of agency nurses by acute and community service providers has soared by 50 per cent in a year, evidence suggests.
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News
Birmingham FT workers strike over pay cuts
Workers at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust went on strike yesterday in a row over cuts to a pay premium designed to improve recruitment and retention.
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CommentReaders' letters – 31 May 2012
Information strategy leaves a gap between rhetoric and reality; and a sore point on nurse registration.