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Bring your A game

Jane Bates navigates a potential minefield.

17 Oct 2016

Enquiring relatives are no longer given a bland brush-off by staff – and rightly so.

14 Oct 2016
Nurse leader: funding for specialist qualification for district nurses needed

NHS chief executive Simon Stevens’ vision for nurse-led integrated services in the communi

14 Oct 2016
Reducing health inequalities for older LGBTQ+ people

Older LGBTQ+ people have low expectations of health and social care as they age, and fears

11 Oct 2016
Talking about suicide saves lives

Mandatory suicide intervention training would give nurses the confidence to speak up and e

11 Oct 2016
Older people deserve quality of life too

Feeling guilty for existing is no way to live, says Jane Bates. 

11 Oct 2016

The BBC documentary A World Without Down’s Syndrome suggested that a highly accurate prena

07 Oct 2016
Nurse leader: creating a social movement for health

To develop a culture of health, we have to increase our focus on prevention,&nbs

05 Oct 2016
Jane Bates: The nightmare of nocturnal cramps

Old age or dehydration?

03 Oct 2016

People with sickle cell disease often experience shorter life expectancy and lower qu

02 Oct 2016

As we celebrate Black History Month, let's make positive changes and help shape the d

02 Oct 2016

Understand why people behave the way they do and you can ‘nudge’ them in a better directio

29 Sep 2016

For change to happen, healthcare staff need to hold a mirror up to their practice and

27 Sep 2016

Nurses must speak up about the reasons for inequality and work more closely with colle

27 Sep 2016

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves, says Jane Bates.

26 Sep 2016

Greater acceptance of older people with dementia is helping families to cope,&nbs

20 Sep 2016

The largest Parkinson’s audit to date shows many areas of good practice in nursing&nbs

20 Sep 2016

Kings Fund researcher in policy Anna Charles describes a worrying picture of a declining wo

20 Sep 2016

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