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New dementia strategy for nurses

Nurses caring for those with dementia are urged to fit the care they provide to the i

27 Sep 2016

Staff take on ‘bay watcher’ brief in pilot on older people’s wards.

26 Sep 2016

Unison aims to highlight work of nurses and other public servants ahead of gover

26 Sep 2016
Healthcare assistants being used as 'nurses on the cheap', says new report

NHS healthcare assistants (HCAs) are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent

22 Sep 2016

Lack of staff could be the reason why too many UK care homes are still

21 Sep 2016

Failure to recruit sufficient numbers of British-born care workers coul

21 Sep 2016

Community nursing holds key to tackling health challenges and inequalities in UK populatio

19 Sep 2016

Senior nurses are invited to apply for a programme aimed at improving nursing ca

19 Sep 2016
Older people bearing brunt of social care cuts, report warns

Older people are bearing the brunt of cuts to social care, and an increasing numbers

15 Sep 2016

Study says care home staff are being poorly prepared by nursing undergraduate courses.

14 Sep 2016
QNI announces £5,000 funding opportunity for men's health projects

Community and primary care nurses can apply for funding of up to £5,000 for projects which

08 Sep 2016
Patients need more help to self-manage diabetes, says CQC

The work of nurses has been highlighted in a major diabetes review that warns the NHS must

07 Sep 2016

The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in t

06 Sep 2016

A new paper from nursing charity, the Queen's Nursing Institute, is being used to start dis

06 Sep 2016

A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new stan

01 Sep 2016

Overstretched district nursing services are functioning on nurses’ goodwill, says new

31 Aug 2016
US study shows proportion of nurses on wards influences use of restraint.
30 Aug 2016

Older people more likely to do outdoor activity if it’s recommended by a healthca

30 Aug 2016

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